- array_map: documentation ( source)
- implode: documentation ( source)
<?php
$input = array(
array(
'item_name' => 'Item name1',
'journal_name'=>'journal name1'
),
array(
'item_name' => 'Item name2',
'journal_name'=>'journal name2'
)
);
echo implode(', ', array_map(function ($entry) {
return $entry['item_name'].' # '.$entry['journal_name'];
}, $input));