On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Michael Zornek wrote:
> ok so i set up a multidimensional array with the following code:
>
> <?PHP
> // departments.inc
> //
> // This file defines the switches. All the forms, and return displays are
> // based on this table (multidimential array). The first index is the
> switch number,
> // then each department has three proporties.
> // 1, Can the website use this depatement?
> // 2, Can this department be used in the admin pages?
> // 3, Its name.
> $departments = array ("s1" => array("On", "On", "The Seybold Report"),
> "s2" => array("On", "On", "Publishing Systems"),
> "s3" => array("On", "On", "Internet Publishing"),
> "s4" => array("On", "On", "The Bulletin"),
> "s5" => array("Off", "Off", ""),
(snip)
> Now I am creating forms and tables and need to retrieve this info I'd
> like to say something like:
>
> if switch s23 is availbe to the admin pages do this, else do that.
if ($departments['s23'][1] == 'On')
// This department can be used in the admin pages
else
// Not
> echo switch 34's name
echo $departments['s34'][2]
If you wanted to make the code a bit more intuitive, you could reconstruct
the array to have string keys:
$departments = Array(
's1' => Array('live' => 1, 'admin' => 1, 'name' => "Dept's Name"),
's2' => Array('live' => 0, 'admin' => 1, 'name' => ''),
and so on
);
At this point, you can simply check if a department is live or admin
available with a boolean, and later on people who look at the code won't
have to wonder what the array field $departments['s23'][1] contains.
if ($departments['s23']['admin'])
// This department can be used in the admin pages
else
// Not
echo $departments['s34']['name']
Matt
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