I am trying to convert the keys of a multi-dimensional array from camelCase or StudlyCase/PascalCase to snake_case, with the added complication that some keys have a leading exclamation mark that I'd like to be removed.
For example:
$array = array(
'!AccountNumber' => '00000000',
'Address' => array(
'!Line1' => '10 High Street',
'!line2' => 'London'));
I would like to convert to:
$array = array(
'account_number' => '00000000',
'address' => array(
'line1' => '10 High Street',
'line2' => 'London'));
My real-life array is huge and goes many levels deep.
This is the modified function I have used, taken from soulmerge's response:
function transformKeys(&$array)
{
foreach (array_keys($array) as $key):
# Working with references here to avoid copying the value,
# since you said your data is quite large.
$value = &$array[$key];
unset($array[$key]);
# This is what you actually want to do with your keys:
# - remove exclamation marks at the front
# - camelCase to snake_case
$transformedKey = strtolower(preg_replace('/([a-z])([A-Z])/', '$1_$2', ltrim($key, '!')));
# Work recursively
if (is_array($value)) transformKeys($value);
# Store with new key
$array[$transformedKey] = $value;
# Do not forget to unset references!
unset($value);
endforeach;
}