|  | Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 08/24/07 01:00 
Kyote wrote:> I'm rather new to php.
 >
 > I have an array of filenames named $files. I'm wanting to iterate
 > through the array and take the first letter of each string in the
 > array and make a new array with the keys as that first letter, then
 > assign the filename to the lettered key of the new array. I've tried
 >
 > foreach ($files as $value){
 > 	$books[substr($value,0,1)] = array($value);
 > }
 >
 > But I'm not getting quite what I'm trying for. It keeps replacing the
 > value for each key instead of adding to it like I'm trying for.
 >
 > $books["A"]
 >
 > The string assigned to the above keeps being replaced by the new
 > string that starts with "A". I want it to add the new string that
 > starts with "A" to the last one added. I'm hoping there's just
 > something simple I'm overlooking. Can anyone help me?
 >
 > ---
 > Kyote
 
 $books = array();
 foreach ($files as $value) {
 $c = substr($value,0,1);
 if (!is_array($books[$c]))
 $books[$c] = array();
 $books[$c][] = $value;
 }
 
 
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