Displays array of elements hierarchically.
Description
Does not assume any existing order of elements.
$max_depth = -1 means flatly display every element.
$max_depth = 0 means display all levels.
$max_depth > 0 specifies the number of display levels.
Parameters
$elements
arrayrequired- An array of elements.
$max_depth
intrequired- The maximum hierarchical depth.
$args
mixedoptional- Optional additional arguments.
Source
public function walk( $elements, $max_depth, ...$args ) {
$output = '';
$max_depth = (int) $max_depth;
// Invalid parameter or nothing to walk.
if ( $max_depth < -1 || empty( $elements ) ) {
return $output;
}
$parent_field = $this->db_fields['parent'];
// Flat display.
if ( -1 === $max_depth ) {
$empty_array = array();
foreach ( $elements as $e ) {
$this->display_element( $e, $empty_array, 1, 0, $args, $output );
}
return $output;
}
/*
* Need to display in hierarchical order.
* Separate elements into two buckets: top level and children elements.
* Children_elements is two dimensional array. Example:
* Children_elements[10][] contains all sub-elements whose parent is 10.
*/
$top_level_elements = array();
$children_elements = array();
foreach ( $elements as $e ) {
if ( empty( $e->$parent_field ) ) {
$top_level_elements[] = $e;
} else {
$children_elements[ $e->$parent_field ][] = $e;
}
}
/*
* When none of the elements is top level.
* Assume the first one must be root of the sub elements.
*/
if ( empty( $top_level_elements ) ) {
$first = array_slice( $elements, 0, 1 );
$root = $first[0];
$top_level_elements = array();
$children_elements = array();
foreach ( $elements as $e ) {
if ( $root->$parent_field === $e->$parent_field ) {
$top_level_elements[] = $e;
} else {
$children_elements[ $e->$parent_field ][] = $e;
}
}
}
foreach ( $top_level_elements as $e ) {
$this->display_element( $e, $children_elements, $max_depth, 0, $args, $output );
}
/*
* If we are displaying all levels, and remaining children_elements is not empty,
* then we got orphans, which should be displayed regardless.
*/
if ( ( 0 === $max_depth ) && count( $children_elements ) > 0 ) {
$empty_array = array();
foreach ( $children_elements as $orphans ) {
foreach ( $orphans as $op ) {
$this->display_element( $op, $empty_array, 1, 0, $args, $output );
}
}
}
return $output;
}
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