Daevid Vincent wrote:
> I feel like a total newb asking this, but I'm just having a brain fart or
> something...
>
> I'm writing a page where I can either get back a list of items:
>
> Array {
> [1233] => "apple",
> [6342] => "apricot",
> [2345] => "banana",
> ...
> }
>
> where the user then refines it by choosing one single item and a single
> element array is returned like this:
>
> Array {
> [8575] => "peach",
> }
>
> How can I get this $item so I can print it like so:
>
> echo "The ID is $id and the name is $name";
>
> Normally with an array of items, I do a:
>
> foreach ($item as $id => $name) echo...
>
> But that seems overkill for this scenario.
>
> The rub is that I don't know the "id", so I can't use $item[0], and I also
> don't have something like $item['name'] to use either.
>
> There's got to be an easy way to extract those.
>
> list($id, $name) = $operator;
>
> Felt like it would work for a minute (wishful thinking).
>
>
> (I'm too embarrased to even sign my name on this one)
>
$a = array(8575 => 'peach');
$key = key($a);
$value = current($a);
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Thanks!
-Shawn
http://www.spidean.com
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