Reduce complexity of create_table method

common.php

@@ -74,6 +74,36 @@ function db_filter($array, $index)
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+/**
+ * Zip a set of arrays together on common keys
+ *
+ * The $zipper_input array is an array of arrays indexed by their place in the output
+ * array.
+ *
+ * @param array $zipper_input
+ * @return array
+ */
+function array_zipper(Array $zipper_input)
+{
+	$output = array();
+
+	foreach($zipper_input as $append_key => $values)
+	{
+		foreach($values as $index => $value)
+		{
+			if ( ! isset($output[$index]))
+			{
+				$output[$index] = array();
+			}
+			$output[$index][$append_key] = $value;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return $output;
+}
+
+// --------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
 /**
  * Connection function
  *

core/abstract/abstract_util.php

@@ -80,19 +80,10 @@ abstract class Abstract_Util {
 		// 		'constraint' => ...,
 		// 		'index' => ...,
 		// )
-		foreach($fields as $colname => $type)
+		$column_array = \array_zipper(array(
-		{
+			'type' => $fields,
-			$column_array[$colname] = array();
+			'constraint' => $constraints
-			$column_array[$colname]['type'] = ($type !== $colname) ? $type : '';
+		));
-		}
-
-		if( ! empty($constraints))
-		{
-			foreach($constraints as $col => $const)
-			{
-				$column_array[$col]['constraint'] = $const;
-			}
-		}
 
 		// Join column definitions together
 		$columns = array();