I'm posting data from a web page to a php page with Ajax. It's working fine.
I get my data from the $_POST, loop through the values and create an array called checklist.
if($_POST != ''):
$dataset = $_POST['data'];
$checklist = array();
$eventid='';
foreach ($dataset as $i => $row)
{
$uid = $row['box-id'];
$state = $row['box-state'] ;
$eventid = $row['e_id'];
$checklist[] = array('uid'=>$uid,
'state'=> $state);
}
Checklist has two fields, a uid and a state.
I then run a script that generates another array, called $updates. It loops through a different set of objects and outputs the data to populate the variables for $updates. The structure of $updates is as such.
$updates[] = array('uid'=>$uid,
'state'=> $state,
'class' => $class,
'container' => $button_cont,
'closer' => $button_closer);
What I would like to do is to compare $updates with $checklist.
I'd like to know the most efficient way to match the records by the uid and compare the state. If the state matches, I'd like to do nothing.
I've read a few of the articles on looping and search, but I'm thinking I've been looking at this for too long because it's Greek to me. Thanks for assistance.