Posted by Rik on 08/24/07 01:03

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007 02:23:10 +0200, Kyote <kyote_love@nospamhotmail.com>=
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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)] =3D 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?


//initialise books
$books =3D array();
foreach($files as $value){
//get first character
$first_char =3D $value[0];
//initialise array if not set (not strictly necessary....
if(!isset($books[$first_char])) $books[$first_char] =3D array();
//add value to books
$books[$first_char][] =3D $value;
}
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Rik Wasmus

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