How to recursively build a <select> with unknown tree depth

Question

I have a MySQL table with a tree data structure. The fields are _id, name and parentId. When the record hasn\'t a parent, parent

Answer 1

Hi Guys you could do something like this: I have this object for the $tree:

   Array
(
    [0] => stdClass Object
        (
            [id] => 1
            [nombre] => Category 1
            [subcategorias] => Array
                (
                    [0] => stdClass Object
                        (
                            [id] => 4
                            [nombre] => Category 1.1
                        )

                )

        )

    [1] => stdClass Object
        (
            [id] => 2
            [nombre] => Category 2
        )

    [2] => stdClass Object
        (
            [id] => 3
            [nombre] => Category 3
            [subcategorias] => Array
                (
                    [0] => stdClass Object
                        (
                            [id] => 5
                            [nombre] => Category 3.1
                            [subcategorias] => Array
                                (
                                    [0] => stdClass Object
                                        (
                                            [id] => 6
                                            [nombre] => Category 3.1.1
                                        )

                                )

                        )

                )

        )

)

Then Here is how to create the array for the HTML select:

    $tree=array();// PUT HERE YOUR TREE ARRAY
    $arrayiter = new RecursiveArrayIterator($tree);
    $iteriter = new RecursiveIteratorIterator($arrayiter);
    $lista=array();
    $i=0;
    foreach ($iteriter as $key => $value) 
    {
        $id=$iteriter->current();
        $iteriter->next();
        $nivel=$iteriter->getDepth();
        $nombre=str_repeat('-',$nivel-1).$iteriter->current();
        $lista[$id]=$nombre;
    }

You will get something like this:

    Array
(
    [1] => Category 1
    [4] => --Category 1.1
    [2] => Category 2
    [3] => Category 3
    [5] => --Category 3.1
    [6] => ----Category 3.1.1
)

Then you just need to create the options for the select with a simple foreach.

Answer 2

function toUL ($arr, $depth = 0) {
//    ...
$html .= toUL($v['children'], $depth+1);