Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 05/20/06 16:38

aqazi@inbox.com wrote:
> Hi guys I am having a problem with arrayu manipulation.
>
> in my php script i am reading from a csv file.
> the content of file is like this:
>
> name,color,quantity,price;
> apple,red,10,$2;
> mango,green,12,$2.5;
> orange,orange,8,$1.5;
>
> I am reading the file like this:
>
> $userFile = fopen("data/user.csv", "r");
> $data = array();
> $record = array();
>
> while (($record = fgetcsv($userFile, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE)
> {
> array_push($data,$record);
> }
> fclose($userFile);
>
> Now if I want to change the quantity of mango what I have to do. I am
> trying to do something, like this but it's not entirly correct.
>
> foreach($data as $value)
> {
>
> if(((strcasecmp("mango", $value[0]) == 0))
> {
> echo $value[1].NL;
> $data[$value][1] = "1";*
> echo $data[$value][0].NL;
> }
> }
>
> Can anyone give me a hint how can I change the value here.
>
> Any help will be grealty appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> aqazi
>

Two things:

The quantity is in $value[2], not $value[1].
$data[$value][1] is incorrect. $value is a row in $data, not an index. So
just use $value.

$value[2] = "1";

should work (but will set the count to a string instead of an integer).


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