davepass

[!--quoteo(post=354124:date=Mar 12 2006, 03:04 AM:name=keeB)--][div class=\'quotetop\']QUOTE(keeB @ Mar 12 2006, 03:04 AM) [snapback]354124[/snapback][/div][div class=\'quotemain\'][!--quotec--] both of the issues are scope issues... in each iteration you need to 'store' each value or 'do' something with it. [/quote] I'm sorry. I don't really follow what you mean. Could you elaborate?

I'd like to be able to find the entire key for a given value in a multi-dimensional array. So assuming an array named $structure with the following output: Array ( [0] => Array ( [path] => ../content/about [name] => about [kind] => directory [content] => ) [1] => Array ( [path] => ../content/contact [name] => contact [kind] => directory [content] => ) [2] => Array ( [path] => ../content/resources [name] => resources [kind] => directory [content] => ) } For example, I'd like to be able to feed the function the array name ($structure) and a value of "resources" and have it return "[2][name]". Here is what I have so far and I'm pretty stumped: [code]function getNavItemIndex($navItem, $haystack) {     $arrStr = "";     foreach ($haystack as $k => $v)     {         if(is_array($v))         {                 getNavItemIndex($navItem, $v);         }         else         {              if ($v == $navItem)              {                 $thisIndex = $k;                 break;              }         }     }     return $thisIndex; }[/code] I call the function on itself recursively because I'll never know how deep the array goes. So I just keep going through each one until the value is a string and not an array. I've got 2 problems: 1. when I get a value for $thisIndex, it only reflects the key of the last array looped through. In the case of the example above it would be "name" rather than "[2][name]". 2. Even if #1 were not an issue, the function always returns an empty string, even through $thisIndex can be printed out within the function... scope issue?? Any help would be appreciated!