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Posted by RageARC on 09/27/07 21:17
On 27 Sep, 21:50, "Steve" <no....@example.com> wrote:
> "RageARC" <rage...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> news:1190925218.208985.247230@k79g2000hse.googlegroups.com...
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>
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> > On 27 Sep, 21:27, "Steve" <no....@example.com> wrote:
> >> "RageARC" <rage...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> >>news:1190923997.302334.233810@g4g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
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> >> > On 27 Sep, 20:58, JackpipE <pipe.j...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> name | value1 | value2
> >> >> john | red | 45
> >> >> john | red | 56
> >> >> john | yellow | 11
> >> >> mike | blue | 23
> >> >> mike | black | 41
> >> > $array = array(
> >> > 'john' => array('VALUE1' => 'red', 'VALUE2' => '45'),
> >> > [...]
> >> > );
>
> >> actually, no, not based on his data.
>
> >> $array['john']['red'] = array(45, 56);
> >> $array['john']['yellow'] = array(11);
> >> $array['mike']['blue'] = array(23);
> >> $array['mike']['black'] = array(41);
>
> >> to be completely literal about it. if coming from a db...
>
> >> $array = array();
> >> foreach ($records as $record)
> >> {
> >> $array[$record['PERSON']][$record['COLOR'][] = $record['NUMBER'];
>
> >> }
>
> >> would build what we did by hand above. useage:
>
> >> foreach ($array as $person => $colors)
> >> {
> >> echo '<pre>+' . $person . '</pre>';
> >> foreach ($colors as $color => $numbers)
> >> {
> >> echo '<pre> -- ' . $color. '</pre>';
> >> foreach ($numbers as $number)
> >> {
> >> echo '<pre> -- ' . $number. '</pre>';
> >> }
> >> }
>
> >> }
>
> > Sorry, but then we have different interpretations of the same.
>
> yes...theres mine...which works. and yours...which doesn't correlate to the
> sample data he gave...at all.
>
> ;^)
>
> >> The idea as you can see is to have value1 and value2 as separate array
> >> within the name array.
>
> which may be well and good, however when you left out the fact that john
> also likes yellow. further, you provide no direct association from the
> values to the colors...unless you FORCE a for (...) iterator construct to
> magically link them. shit, that's going to hurt when one of either the
> parent or children are deleted from the array! you'll be looking to iterate
> over sequencial keys...that could actually end up with gaping holes,
> thinking, 'why the hell won't this work!'
>
> > Inside NAME, one must have an array with VALUE1 and another with
> > VALUE2. I admit that rereading now made it clearer for me. Let me
> > reformulate:
>
> > $array = array(
> > 'john' => array(
> > 'VALUE1' => array('red'),
> > 'VALUE2' => array('45','56')
> > ),
> > [...,]
> > );
>
> yes, yes...now, reformulate again...to something that will work without
> being contrived. ;^)
>
> > Your way is similar to mine, but my second value is not inside the
> > first value ;) They are in different arrays.
>
> again, perhaps similar, but the important thing is...mine works. please,
> provide your working example using EXACTLY this 're'formulation.
foreach ($array['JOHN']['VALUE2'] as $value2) {
print $value2;
}
print $array['JOHN']['VALUE1'][0];
print $array['JOHN']['VALUE2'][0];
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