[Puzzled Newbie has questions about file handling and Array Indexing]

Yeah.  I was trying an earlier post's suggestion and forgot to change it back.  Your code works like a charm.  Thank you very much for all the help.  You are a life saver.

[Puzzled Newbie has questions about file handling and Array Indexing]

Ken great post but I encounter the following:

The output as coded is:
Array
(
    [eggs,1000] =>
    [milk,1] =>
    [bread,1000] =>
)

Array
(
    [eggs,1] =>
    [milk,1000] =>
    [bread,1] =>
)

Buy eggs from vendor one
Buy milk from vendor one
Buy bread from vendor one

I would like it to look like:

Array
(
    [eggs] => 1000
    [milk] => 1
    [bread] => 1000
)

Array
(
    [eggs] => 1
    [milk] => 1000
    [bread] => 1
)

Buy eggs from vendor two
Buy milk from vendor one
Buy bread from vendor two

[Puzzled Newbie has questions about file handling and Array Indexing]

Thanks!  I'll definately check out the fgetcsv function.  It looks pretty promising for loading the vendor arrays.

I fixed my boneheaded error that you pointed out with the variable name and still no luck.

The code as it stands now is:

<?php

$fp1  = 'needs';
$fp2  = 'vendor1';
$fp3  = 'vendor2';

$needs = array();
$vItems1 = array();
$vItems2 = array();

if ($vendor1 = @file ($fp2))
{
foreach ($vendor1 as $v1)
{
$tempArray = explode("\t", $v1);
$item = $tempArray[0];
$price = substr($tempArray[1], 0, (strlen($tempArray[1])-1));
$vItems1[$item] = $price;
}
}
else
echo "Could not find your first vendor! <br>";


if ($vendor2 = @file ($fp3))
{
foreach ($vendor2 as $v2)
{
$tempArray = explode("\t", $v2);
$item = $tempArray[0];
$price = substr($tempArray[1], 0, (strlen($tempArray[1])-1));
$vItems2[$item] = $price;
}
}
else
echo "Could not find your second vendor! <br>";


if ($needs = @file ($fp1))
{
foreach($needs as $need)
{
if($vItems1[$need] > $vItems2[$need])
echo "Buy " . $need . " from vendor two. <br>";
else
echo "Buy " . $need . " from vendor one. <br>";
}
}
else
echo "Could not find a list of your current inventory need! <br>";

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[Puzzled Newbie has questions about file handling and Array Indexing]

Thanks for the input, but I have already tried with just one $.  That was my initial guess, and it behaves the exact same way (not sure why). 

I'll give the print_r() function a shot and see what my arrays are holding.  Thanks for the info.

[b]UPDATE:[/b]

[i]Output of print_r() on arrays:[/i]

needs    = Array ( [0] => eggs [1] => milk [2] => bread )
vendor1 = Array ( [0] => eggs 1000 [1] => milk 1 [2] => bread 1000 )
vendor2 = Array ( [0] => eggs 1 [1] => milk 1000 [2] => bread 1 )

It seems my keys are not being set properly.  I would like eggs to be a key not the number 0, etct...

Any thought on how to do this?

[Puzzled Newbie has questions about file handling and Array Indexing]

Hello All,

Any help regarding the following matter would be much appreciated.

I am having a vexing problem.  I am new to PHP (about 3 or 4 days now), and I am having a problem doing what I would imagine would be very simple to accomplish in a language like C++.

I have three files:

1.  A list of needs
2.  A vendor and the cost for these needs
3.  Another vendor and the cost for these needs

So here is the idea.  I read all the needs into an array.  I then read all the vendor offerings and store them into two seperate arrays.  The key's of the array are what they are supplying and the values are the prices of the product.  Now I would like to index the vendor arrays with my needs, compare who is cheaper, and output the response to my user.

I used two sample files where the vendor 1 wins some and vendor 2 wins some.  However, the code that follows does not accurately tell which vendor to use.  It always allows vendor 1 to win.  I am super confused.

Please note that the following code is very "simple".  I am making the mother of all assumptions, that I have perfect input and a perfect user.  I do no error checking other than the files being there.

Before, or after, reviewing the following input files and code you can see what is going on at:
[url=http://www.latech.edu/~jdo017/kings/process.php]http://www.latech.edu/~jdo017/kings/process.php[/url]

[b]
INPUT FILES:[/b]
[i]
Needs:[/i]
eggs
milk
bread

[i]Vendor1:[/i]
eggs 1000
milk 1
bread 1000
[i]
Vendor2:[/i]
eggs 1
milk 1000
bread 1


[b]CODE SNIPPET:[/b]

<?php

$fp1  = 'needs';
$fp2  = 'vendor1';
$fp3  = 'vendor2';

$vItems1 = array();
$vItems2 = array();

if ($vendor1 = @file ($fp2))
{
  foreach ($vendor1 as $v1)
  {
      $tempArray = explode("\t", $v1);
      $item = $tempArray[0];
      $price = substr($tempArray[1], 0, (strlen($tempArray[1])-1));
      $vItems1[$item] = $price;
  }
}
else
  echo "Could not find your first vendor!
";
 
 
if ($vendor2 = @file ($fp3))
{
  foreach ($vendor2 as $v2)
  {
      $tempArray = explode("\t", $v2);
      $item = $tempArray[0];
      $price = substr($tempArray[1], 0, (strlen($tempArray[1])-1));
      $vItems2[$item] = $price;
  }
}
else
  echo "Could not find your second vendor!
";
 

if ($needs = @file ($fp1))
{
  foreach($needs as $need)
  {
      if($vItems1[$$need] > $v2tems1[$$need])
        echo "Buy " . $need . " from vendor two.
";
      else
        echo "Buy " . $need . " from vendor one.
";
  }
}
else
  echo "Could not find a list of your current inventory need!
";

echo $ip;

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[Very Confused -- Simple Program to Read Files and Compare]

Needs File Looks Like:
eggs
bread
milk

Vendor1
eggs  "tab"  1000
bread "tab"  1
milk  "tab"  1000

Vendor1
eggs  "tab"  1
bread "tab"  1000
milk  "tab"  1

I know these are ridiculous values.  Also the dumb little tab I inserted is an actual tab, and I have a return after the last item in each file.

[Very Confused -- Simple Program to Read Files and Compare]

Hello All,

Any help regarding the following matter would be much appreciated.

I am having a vexing problem.  I am new to PHP (about 3 or 4 days now), and I am having a problem doing what I would imagine would be very simple to accomplish in a language like C++.

I have three files:

1.  A list of needs
2.  A vendor and the cost for these needs
3.  Another vendor and the cost for these needs

So here is the idea.  I read all the needs into an array.  I then read all the vendor offerings and store them into two seperate arrays.  The key's of the array are what they are supplying and the values are the prices of the product.  Now I would like to index the vendor arrays with my needs, compare who is cheaper, and output the response to my user.

I used two sample files where the vendor 1 wins some and vendor 2 wins some.  However, the code that follows does not accurately tell which vendor to use.  It always allows vendor 1 to win.  I am super confused.

Please note that the following code is very "simple".  I am making the mother of all assumptions, that I have perfect input and a perfect user.  I do no error checking other than the files being there.

CODE SNIPPET:

<?php

$fp1  = 'needs';
$fp2  = 'vendor1';
$fp3  = 'vendor2';

$vItems1 = array();
$vItems2 = array();

if ($vendor1 = @file ($fp2))
{
foreach ($vendor1 as $v1)
{
$tempArray = explode("\t", $v1);
$item = $tempArray[0];
$price = substr($tempArray[1], 0, (strlen($tempArray[1])-1));
$vItems1[$item] = $price;
}
}
else
echo "Could not find your first vendor! <br>";


if ($vendor2 = @file ($fp3))
{
foreach ($vendor2 as $v2)
{
$tempArray = explode("\t", $v2);
$item = $tempArray[0];
$price = substr($tempArray[1], 0, (strlen($tempArray[1])-1));
$vItems2[$item] = $price;
}
}
else
echo "Could not find your second vendor! <br>";


if ($needs = @file ($fp1))
{
foreach($needs as $need)
{
if($vItems1[$$need] > $v2tems1[$$need])
echo "Buy " . $need . " from vendor two. <br>";
else
echo "Buy " . $need . " from vendor one. <br>";
}
}
else
echo "Could not find a list of your current inventory need! <br>";


/*$banned_array = $this->banned_array;
$ip = trim($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
$cpu = gethostbyaddr($ip);*/

echo $ip;

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