product-packing markup

gistfile1.php

<?
	$boxes = array(
		array(
			length => 10, // IN
			width => 10,
			height => 10, 
			cost => 4, // USD
		),
		array(
			length => 12,
			height => 1,
			width => 6,
			cost => 3,
		),
		// but there's like 50 of these
	);
	
	$product = array(
		length => 4,
		width => 4,
		height => 0.1,
	);
	
	$quantity = 135;
	
	$boxes_fit = calculate_how_many_fit_in_each_box($boxes);
	/*
		it looks like this:
		$boxes = array
		(
			how many fit in the box => array(
				array(
					length => 10, // IN
					width => 10,
					height => 10, 
					cost => 4, // USD
				),
				// more boxes that fit the same number of products will appear here,
			),
			how many fit in this box => array(
				array(
					length => 12,
					height => 1,
					width => 6,
					cost => 3,
				)
			)
		)
	*/
	
	$best_fit = create_box_groups($boxes_fit, $quantity); // this is the logic i'm asking about
	
	return pick_best_box_config($best_fit);
?>