Posted by David Haynes on 04/06/06 01:58

Chris H wrote:
> Okay, I am trying to us a varialble with a list of number values as my data
> for an array, yet when I do this it doesnt return any values from the array,
> i was able to temporarily fix the proble by just doing s normal array setup
> in my function, but the problem is I want the ability to have teh array
> values to be changed easily in a varibale style config/include file... Here
> is the code i am working with...
>
>
> ===================================
> VARIABLE.PHP (my config variables)
> ====================================
> <?php
>
> $pid_prefix = "LPPA";
>
> $site_domain = "www.lafayettepoker.com";
> ######################################
> # PAYOUT PERCENTAGE STRUCTURE
> ######################################
> $range1 = ".60, .30, .10";
> $range2 = ".50, .30, .12, .06, .02";
> $range3 = "'.33, .17, .14, .12, .10, .06, .05, .04, .03, .02";
> $range4 = ".25, .15, .10, .08, .07, .05, .05, .04, .03, .03, .02, .02, .02,
> .02, .02, .01, .01, .01, .01, .01";
> $range5 = "";
> $range6 = "";
> ######################################
> # POINT POOL
> ######################################
> $pool = "5000";
>
>
> ?>
> =======================================
> MAIN PART OF SCRIPT
> =======================================
> <?php
> require ('variables.php');
>
>
>
> if ($tplayer >= 5 && $tplayer <= 10) {
> $table = $range1;
> }
> elseif ($tplayer >= 11 && $tplayer <= 17) {
> $table = $range2;
> }
> elseif ($tplayer >= 18 && $tplayer <= 35) {
> $table = $range3;
> }
> elseif ($tplayer >= 36 && $tplayer <= 65) {
> $table = $range4;
> }
> elseif ($tplayer >= 66 && $tplayer <= 99) {
> if ($range5 == '') { $table = "$range4"; }
> else { $table = "$range5"; }
> }
> elseif ($tplayer >= 100) {
> if ($range6 == '') { $table = "$range4"; }
> else { $table = "$range6"; }
> }
> else {
> $msg = "Not Enough Players";
> print_error_msg($msg);
> }
> calculate_points($table,$rank);
>
>
>
>
> function calculate_points($table,$rank) {
> global $pool;
> $index = ($rank - 1);
> $perc = array($table);
> $total_points = $pool * $perc["$index"];
> $total_points = round($total_points);
> print "$total_points<br>";
> }
>
>
> // PRINT ERROR TO SCREEN
> function print_error_msg($msg) {
> print "$msg";
> }
>
> ?>
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Ive also tried a few differnt variatons of teh above, including formatting
> the $range string to look similiar to an array, in other words i addded in
> sigle-quotes so the range variables would look like this
> $range1 = " '.60', '.30', '.10' "; (note the spaces seperating the double
> and single quoute, is just there to show that there are 2 types of quotes
> used)
>
> Ok I will test this after i post this since i dont htink it will work
> anyway, but looking at the above string, is it possible the reason that
> string didnt works is because i didnt escape teh sigle quotes, and if that
> is the case how come it doesnt work without teh single quotes at all.. I
> really am not sure of what i am doing wrong here...
>
>

Either:

$table = array( .60, .30, .10 );
or
$table = explode(', ', ".06, .30, .10");

should work for you.

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