OT: PHP Multidimensional arrays and creating them?

Report · Sep 20, 2006

I have a process that is generating successive sets of data, where each set
consists of three 'fields', or separate values, e.g.,

set1 = 'a', 'b', and 'c'
set2 = 'd', 'e', and 'f'

As each set is generated, I want to save it in an ongoing array so that when
the process is finished all of the data is contained within that array as
successive 'rows'.

Can someone give me a nudge for this in PHP, please?

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Report · Sep 20, 2006

Murray *ACE* wrote:
> Can someone give me a nudge for this in PHP, please?

Shove... :)

You'll have to be a bit more precise in saying how your sets are
created. In general terms, though, just create a loop and add the items
using square bracket notation:

$row = array();
while (condition is true) {
$row[] = $set;
}

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Report · Sep 20, 2006

Oops <stumble>....

Hmm - OK.

Here's what I'm doing now:

$i=0;
$myarray[$1][0]=dataitem1;$myarray[$i][1]=dataitem2;$myarray[$i][2]=dataitem3;
$i++;

and I'm looping through this for a specified number of iterations.

Is that the most efficient way?

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"David Powers" <david@example.com> wrote in message
news:eerm14$1bm$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Murray *ACE* wrote:
>> Can someone give me a nudge for this in PHP, please?
>
> Shove... :)
>
> You'll have to be a bit more precise in saying how your sets are created.
> In general terms, though, just create a loop and add the items using
> square bracket notation:
>
> $row = array();
> while (condition is true) {
> $row[] = $set;
> }
>
> --
> David Powers
> Adobe Community Expert
> Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
> http://foundationphp.com/

Report · Sep 20, 2006

Murray *ACE* wrote:
> $i=0;
> $myarray[$1][0]=dataitem1;$myarray[$i][1]=dataitem2;$myarray[$i][2]=dataitem3;
> $i++;
>
> and I'm looping through this for a specified number of iterations.

$myarray = array();
for ($i = 0; $i < $number_of_iterations; $i++) {
array_push($myarray[$i], dataitem1, dataitem2, dataitem3);
}

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-push.php

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Report · Sep 20, 2006

Ahhh - eggsellect. <stands up>

Thanks!

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"David Powers" <david@example.com> wrote in message
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> Murray *ACE* wrote:
>> $i=0;
>> $myarray[$1][0]=dataitem1;$myarray[$i][1]=dataitem2;$myarray[$i][2]=dataitem3;
>> $i++;
>>
>> and I'm looping through this for a specified number of iterations.
>
> $myarray = array();
> for ($i = 0; $i < $number_of_iterations; $i++) {
> array_push($myarray[$i], dataitem1, dataitem2, dataitem3);
> }
>
> http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-push.php
>
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> David Powers
> Adobe Community Expert
> Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
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