Having trouble with the output/structure of a nested Array in PHP and MySQL -

im trying make neat, structured list of, in case, films , showdates.

$shows = array(     array(         "thursday" => array(             "17:00",             "19:00")),     array(         "friday" => array(             "16:30",             "18:45"             "20:10")),     array(         "saturday" => array(             "18:30",             "21:00")) ); 

the problem cant seem able print things out in reasonable way. days supposed dynamic, not hard corded of case.

for ($row = 0; $row < $shows.length(); $row++) //haven't got clue 'length()' {     print $shows[$row] . "<br>"; //print day.      (     $col = 0; $col < $shows[$row].length(); $col++) //loop through each day.     {         print (">" . $shows[$row][$col] . "<br>"); //print each time of day.     }  } 

and im trying print out each day corresponding times. should come out this.

thursday - 17:00            19:00  friday   - 16:30            18:45            20:10 

foreach ($shows $show) {     foreach ($show $day => $times) {         echo $day;         foreach ($times $time) {             echo $time;         }     } } 

but, really, should simplify little this:

$shows = array(     array('day' => 'saturday', 'times' => array('17:00', '19:00')),     … );  foreach ($shows $show) {     echo $show['day'];     foreach ($show['times'] $time) {         echo $time;     } } 

or, , in computer parseable manner:

$shows = array(     strtotime('2010-12-24 17:00:00'),     strtotime('2010-12-24 19:00:00'),     … );  $lastdate = null; foreach ($shows $show) {     if (!$lastdate || date('y-m-d', $show) != date('y-m-d', $lastdate)) {         echo date('l', $show);     }     echo date('h:i', $show);     $lastdate = $show; } 

:o)