[SOLVED] Problem with creating an array...

[zaphodbeeb]

Hi, I have the following bit of code:

 

<?php
$Colors="a90d3d[6|ea0e0e[7|f66313[8|fae500[9|fad495[10|ad1dba[11|f5729c[12|00646c[13|00c3d9[14|312c54[15|6400b0[16|9d8edf[18|070f98[17|4873b8[19|7d7f71[20|007e6d[21|a3de22[22|573222[23|a25d18[24|a77751[25|bd987b[26|99CCFF[9999|";

$colors_array = explode("|",$Colors);

$len = sizeof($colors_array);
$array_details="";
foreach($colors_array as $key) {
	$bit = explode("[",$key);
	$a = $bit[0];
	$b = $bit[1];
	if (!empty($b)) {
		$array_details .= "$b => \"$a\" ,";
	}
}

$array_details = trim(substr($array_details,0,-1));
#echo $array_details;
$c = array($array_details);

print_r($c);

?>

 

Now, the problem is that when I used the print_r($c) above I get:

 

Array ( [0] => 6 => "a90d3d" ,7 => "ea0e0e" ,8 => "f66313" ,9 => "fae500" ,10 => "fad495" ,11 => "ad1dba" ,12 => "f5729c" ,13 => "00646c" ,14 => "00c3d9" ,15 => "312c54" ,16 => "6400b0" ,18 => "9d8edf" ,17 => "070f98" ,19 => "4873b8" ,20 => "7d7f71" ,21 => "007e6d" ,22 => "a3de22" ,23 => "573222" ,24 => "a25d18" ,25 => "a77751" ,26 => "bd987b" ,9999 => "99CCFF" ) 

 

Note the initial Array([0] => bit. I don't want this (and have no idea why it's getting put in there).

 

See where in the initial bit of code I have commented out the statement that echoes the array_details string that I build:

 

#echo $array_details;

 

If I uncomment that, and copy and paste the resultant string to the code

i.e.

$c = array($array_details);
changes to
$c = array(6 => "a90d3d" ,7 => "ea0e0e" ,8 => "f66313" ,9 => "fae500" ,10 => "fad495" ,11 => "ad1dba" ,12 => "f5729c" ,13 => "00646c" ,14 => "00c3d9" ,15 => "312c54" ,16 => "6400b0" ,18 => "9d8edf" ,17 => "070f98" ,19 => "4873b8" ,20 => "7d7f71" ,21 => "007e6d" ,22 => "a3de22" ,23 => "573222" ,24 => "a25d18" ,25 => "a77751" ,26 => "bd987b" ,9999 => "99CCFF");

and then print out the array using print_r($c) I get exactly what I need, i.e.

 

Array
(
    [6] => a90d3d
    [7] => ea0e0e
    [8] => f66313
    [9] => fae500
    [10] => fad495
    [11] => ad1dba
    [12] => f5729c
    [13] => 00646c
    [14] => 00c3d9
    [15] => 312c54
    [16] => 6400b0
    [18] => 9d8edf
    [17] => 070f98
    [19] => 4873b8
    [20] => 7d7f71
    [21] => 007e6d
    [22] => a3de22
    [23] => 573222
    [24] => a25d18
    [25] => a77751
    [26] => bd987b
    [9999] => 99CCFF
)

 

Can anyone point out what I'm doing wrong. You'd never think it to look at the code, but I've actually been using PHP for years - but this has me stumped... ???

[CroNiX]

What if you did this:

<?php
$array_details = array();  //changed this
foreach($colors_array as $key) {
	$bit = explode("[",$key);
	$a = $bit[0];
	$b = $bit[1];
	if (!empty($b)) {
	    $array_details[$b] = $a;  // added this
                    //$array_details .= "$b => \"$a\" ,";
	}
}

[zaphodbeeb]

You know,

 

I really thought I'd tried that. I am an idiot [although it's 20 to 3 in the morning here so...]

 

Thank you so so so much for this - it's working perfectly.

 

-Z

[CroNiX]

NP