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> From: Ken Hopkins [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 20 August 2001 21:02
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Multi-dimensional array issue
>
> Hi from a recent PHP convert,
>
> Having a heck of a time declaring and accessing 2 dimensional info
> in an array.
> any input on where to start looking for the answer would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> I want to have a base array of 5 elements. The first 4 elements are
> variables, and the fifth is an array of 2 elements.
> seemed harmless enough at the time;)
>
> Coding conventions suggest access to the first level of elements is:
> $basearray[base_numerical_offset][$basearray_variable]
> and this works great for accessing the first 4 elements of the base
> array.
The first level of element will be
$basearray[$key] = $value
$basearray[$key2] = $value
$basearray[$key3] = $value
$basearray[$key4] = $value
the extra array
$basearray[$key5][$extraarraykey1] = $value
$basearray[$key5][$extraarraykey2] = $value
>
> Accessing the fifth elements' variables in the next dimension is
> where it fails for me:
>
> $basearray[base_numerical_offset][$subarray][sub_numerical_offset][$subarray
> _variable]
>
> The documentation/snippets/samples, etc. have been to no avail;
> still can't get to elements in the
> second dimension properly. Attempts to populate the second level
> array trahses the entire structure.
>
> I have the following declaration:
> $out => array($name, $srch, $sel, $case, $qvalues => array($vals,
> $valtypes);
> $out is the name of the base array
> $qvalues is the name of the sub-array under the base array
> "$out"
> I need for each $out array to consist of a name, srch, sel, case and
> then a variable number of qvalues array elements that each have single vals
> and valtypes elements.
>
> Use the following snippet to see what happens; it's not what I had
> hoped to see.
> I hope I'm just doing something wrong..
>
> Thanks, Ken.
> mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> <?
>
> $out = array($name, $srch, $sel, $case, $qvalues => array($vals,
> $valtypes));
> echo "<pre>";
> $out[0][$name] = "free";
> $out[1][$name] = "next";
> for ($i=0; $i<2; $i++)
> {
> echo "<br> OutIndex: ", $i, " Name: ", $out[$i][$name];
> }
>
> $out[0][$srch] = "outfreesrch";
> $out[0][$sel] = "outfreesel";
> $out[0][$case] = "outfreecase";
> $out[0][$qvalues][0][$vals] = "outfreeqval0";
> $out[0][$qvalues][0][$valtypes] = "outfreeqtype0";
> $out[0][$qvalues][1][$vals] = "outfreeqval1";
> $out[0][$qvalues][1][$valtypes] = "outfreeqtype1";
> echo "<br>Basearray index : ", 0, "\n";
> echo "<br> name : ", $out[0][$name], "\n";
> echo "<br> srch : ", $out[0][$srch], "\n";
> echo "<br> sel : ", $out[0][$sel], "\n";
> echo "<br> case : ", $out[0][$case], "\n";
> echo "<br> Subarray index : 0 \n";
> echo "<br> vals : ",
> $out[0][$qvalues][0][$vals], "\n";
> echo "<br> valtypes : ",
> $out[0][$qvalues][0][$valtypes], "\n";
> echo "<br> Subarray index : 1 \n";
> echo "<br> vals : ",
> $out[0][$qvalues][1][$vals], "\n";
> echo "<br> valtypes : ",
> $out[0][$qvalues][2][$valtypes], "\n";
> echo"<br><br>";
> $out[1][$srch] = "outnextsrch";
> $out[1][$sel] = "outnextsel";
> $out[1][$case] = "outnextcase";
> $out[1][$qvalues][0][$vals] = "outnextqval0";
> $out[1][$qvalues][0][$valtypes] = "outnextqtype0";
> $out[1][$qvalues][1][$vals] = "outnextqval1";
> $out[1][$qvalues][1][$valtypes] = "outnextqtype1";
> echo "<br>Basearray index : ", 1, "\n";
> echo "<br> name : ", $out[1][$name], "\n";
> echo "<br> srch : ", $out[1][$srch], "\n";
> echo "<br> sel : ", $out[1][$sel], "\n";
> echo "<br> case : ", $out[1][$case], "\n";
> echo "<br> Subarray index : 0 \n";
> echo "<br> vals : ",
> $out[1][$qvalues][0][$vals], "\n";
> echo "<br> valtypes : ",
> $out[1][$qvalues][0][$valtypes], "\n";
> echo "<br> Subarray index : 1 \n";
> echo "<br> vals : ",
> $out[1][$qvalues][1][$vals], "\n";
> echo "<br> valtypes : ",
> $out[1][$qvalues][1][$valtypes], "\n";
> echo "</pre>";
> ?>
>
>
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