Andi Gutmans wrote: > At 10:42 PM 12/29/2001 +0100, Stig Venaas wrote: > >> On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 11:13:11PM +0200, Andi Gutmans wrote: >> > I agree with Jim. Arrays can contain "things". Things can also be other >> > arrays. You can have an array which contains two other arrays and four >> > integers. I don't think we should add these functions because they are >> > wrong *especially* the is_array_multidimensional(). >> >> Agree >> >> > Of course, if there's a good reason to have them and we're all >> convinced >> > that the reasons are good we could add them. >> > Can you please roll back that patch and open up a discussion with >> examples >> > of why this functionality is needed? It might even lead to a different >> > solution. >> >> One solution (not so sure I like it myself), could be a function that >> tells whether an array contains values of a given type. Then you could >> check if the array contained an array (or any other type). I've never >> had a use for such myself. > > > Let's first try and understand the problem :) In what case does the user > need these functions and how often does this happen to people. Once we > understand the problem well we can think together of a good solution. > > Andi >
Oh well... I tried to find a use for it, but failed :(. I wrote it for no reason, thinking it would be useful to someone, somewhere... So i guess i agree with all of you (more or less). -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
