I was getting some data out of RSForms that wasn't structured in a way that was easy to manage, so I used the following routine to flatten all the data into a single array of variables and their values. It takes checkbox, radio button and list box selections and turns them into simpler variable.
function flatten_data($Data, $KeepKey='')// takes whatever is passed to it an turns it into a flat array of parameters{ $Parameter = array(); foreach($Data as $key=>$item) { $Type = gettype($item); if($Type == "array") { if(sizeof($item)==1) // if the array only has one item { $NewParameter = flatten_data($item, $key); } else $NewParameter = flatten_data($item); } else { if($KeepKey!='') $Parameter[$KeepKey]=$item; else $Parameter[$key]=$item; } if($NewParameter) $Parameter = array_merge($Parameter, $NewParameter); } return $Parameter;}