[SOLVED] Nested foreach loop with two arrays

[damianjames]

I'm starting a new topic because I figured out my previous issue, now onto my next challenge!

 

I have an array from a session, and an array from post.  I'm trying nested foreach loops, but I can't seem to get it correct.

 

The session array ($inputname) is storing a string that I am identifying the previous screen's text input with (name parameter), and the post is the value of the text input ($link).  $inputname is also the name of each image I want to display minus the file extension.

 

I want to cycle through each and use $link as the source for an anchor tag, and use $inputname to identify the image to display. What I initially tried was:

 

foreach($inputname as $value) {
     foreach($link as $value1) {
          echo "<tr><td><a href=\"" . $value1 . "\"><img src=\"" . $value . ".jpg\" /></a></td></tr>";
     }
}

 

I also tried using a for loop within the outer foreach and I haven't gotten that to work either.

 

I've tried explode/implode/extract/pray_for_mercy on one or both of them to see if I can somehow split one into separate variables, but nothing has given me what I need.  I hope someone has an idea on what to do!  Thanks in advance for the assistance.

[JasonLewis]

Hm, I can't think up what your array structure looks like so I took a stab:

 

$count = count($inputname);
for($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++){
echo "<tr><td><a href='{$link[$i]}'><img src='{$inputname[$i]}.jpg' /></a></td></tr>";
}

 

Made a lot of assumptions there.

[damianjames]

Thank you very much for the help!  I'm going to go try that out... in the meantime, sorry for not showing the arrays - here they are.

 

inputname array:
Array
(
    [0] => V1_1
    [1] => V1_2
    [2] => V1_3
    [3] => V1_4
    [4] => V1_5
)

link array:
Array
(
    [V1_1] => http://1.com
    [V1_2] => http://2.com
    [V1_3] => http://3.com
    [V1_4] => http://4.com
    [V1_5] => http://5.com
)

 

Edit: Err there's a problem, now isn't there... $link is not an indexed array.

[JasonLewis]

Yeah, but its not a major problem. Try this instead:

 

$count = count($inputname);
for($i = 0; $i < $count; $i++){
echo "<tr><td><a href='{$link[$inputname[$i]]}'><img src='{$inputname[$i]}.jpg' /></a></td></tr>";
}

[damianjames]

You sir - rock, and if I had a cannon I'd salute you.  Thanks a ton!

[.josh]

umm... if the inputname array values are the same as the link array keys...why even bother with the inputname array at all?

 

foreach ($link as $key => $val) {
    echo "<tr><td><a href='$val'><img src='{$key}.jpg' /></a></td></tr>";
}

 

edited to add the .jpg

[damianjames]

umm... if the inputname array values are the same as the link array keys...why even bother with the inputname array at all?

 

foreach ($link as $key => $val) {
    echo "<tr><td><a href='$val'><img src='{$key}.jpg' /></a></td></tr>";
}

 

edited to add the .jpg

 

That'd be my inexperience rearing its ugly head!  Thanks again to both of you.