How do I format Nested Set Model data into an array?

Question

Let\'s dig in the main problem right away, I have the input like this

$category = array(
  \'A\' => array(\'left\' => 1, \'right\' => 8),
  \'B\' =&         


        

Answer 1

Working with a nested set is a perfect case for recursion.

Given your data:

$category = array(
    'A' => array('left' => 1, 'right' => 9),
    'B' => array('left' => 2, 'right' => 4),
    'C' => array('left' => 5, 'right' => 8),
    'D' => array('left' => 6, 'right' => 7),
    'E' => array('left' => 10, 'right' => 11),
);

The following will break your nested set data down into a properly nested array in PHP:

function createTree($category, $left = 0, $right = null) {
    $tree = array();
    foreach ($category as $cat => $range) {
        if ($range['left'] == $left + 1 && (is_null($right) || $range['right'] < $right)) {
            $tree[$cat] = createTree($category, $range['left'], $range['right']);
            $left = $range['right'];
        }
    }
    return $tree;
}

$tree = createTree($category);
print_r($tree);

Output:

Array
(
    [A] => Array
        (
            [B] => Array
                (
                )

            [C] => Array
                (
                    [D] => Array
                        (
                        )

                )

        )

    [E] => Array
        (
        )

)

Then you can flatten your proper tree into the format you want with the following:

function flattenTree($tree, $parent_tree = array()) {
    $out = array();
    foreach ($tree as $key => $children) {
        $new_tree = $parent_tree;
        $new_tree[] = $key;
        if (count($children)) {
             $child_trees = flattenTree($children, $new_tree);
            foreach ($child_trees as $tree) {
                $out[] = $tree;
            }
        } else {
            $out[] = $new_tree;
        }
    }
    return $out;
}

$tree = flattenTree($tree);
print_r($tree);

Output:

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => A
            [1] => B
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => A
            [1] => C
            [2] => D
        )

    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] => E
        )

)

Answer 2

I little modified Stiven's code.

public function createTree($category, $left = 0, $right = null) {
    $tree = array();
    foreach ($category as $cat => $range) {
        if ($range['clf'] == $left + 1 && (is_null($right) || $range['crt'] < $right)) {
            $tree[$cat]= array();
            $tree[$cat]['title']=$range['title'];
            if($range['crt']-$range['clf']>1){
                $tree[$cat]['sub'] = $this->createTree($category, $range['clf'], $range['crt']);
            }
            $left = $range['crt'];
        }
    }
    return $tree;
}

Answer 3

If you dont want to use recursion:

foreach ($category as $name => $range) {
    $line[$range['left']] = $name;
    $line[$range['right']] = $name;
}

ksort($line);
$count = 0;

foreach($line as $name) {
    if ( ! isset($open[$name])) {
        $open[$name] = true;
        $result[$name] = true;
        $count++;
    } else {
        unset($open[$name]);
        if ($count > 0) {
            $count = 0;
            $tree[] = array_keys($result);
            $result = $open;
        } else {
            $result = array();
        }
    }
}

Answer 4

Another solution, without recursion (test please)

$result = array();

    foreach($category as $key => $value) {

        /*Get current row index*/
        $i = count($result);

        if($i == 0) {
            $result[] = array($key);
        } else {

            $iParent = -1;

            /*Find parent index*/
            for($j = count($result[$i-1]) - 1; $j >= 0; $j--) {
                if($value['left'] > $category[$result[$i-1][$j]]['left'] 
                    && $value['right'] < $category[$result[$i-1][$j]]['right']) {
                    $iParent = $j;
                    break;
                }
            }

            if($iParent == -1) { $result[] = array($key);}

            if($iParent == count($result[$i-1]) - 1) {
                // append to last
                $result[$i-1][] = $key;
            } else {
                // make new list
                $result[$i] = array_slice($result[$i-1], 0, $iParent + 1);
                $result[$i][] = $key;
            }
        }
    }

    print_r($result);

Answer 5

There is a bug with above function. The top category of second array of the @tree is removed. This is the fix:

foreach ($category as $name => $range) {
    $line[$range['left']] = $name;
    $line[$range['right']] = $name;
}

ksort($line);
$tree = array();
$count = 0;

foreach ($line as $name) {
    if (!isset($open[$name])) {
        $open[$name] = true;
        $count++;
    }
    else {
        if ($count > 0) {
            $count = 0;
            $tree[] = array_keys($open);
        }
        unset($open[$name]);
    }
}