[SOLVED] Exploding an array and calling parts of it

[Cosizzle]

Hey,

 

So i've gotten myself a little confused. Im loading a list of files into an array which works fine.

Array
(
    [0] => todays_news.html
    [1] => helloWorld.php
    [2] => theStyles.css
    [3] => sackboyAngry.jpg
)

 

Next I want to take this array and get just the file name, then the extension. Doing so I have this script.

if (sizeOf($this->_fileArr) <= 0) {
echo 'There are no files loaded. Please load files using the getFile() function';
}
else {
for ($i=0; $i<sizeOf($this->_fileArr); $i++) {
	$fName = basename($this->_fileArr[$i]);
	$this->_splitXtens[] = explode(".", $fName);
}
}

 

Which works and gives me

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => todays_news
            [1] => html
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => helloWorld
            [1] => php
        )
...

 

so far so good. Where im stuck is if I wanted to call a specific element.

echo $this->_fileArr[0][0];

 

will return 't'

 

Why is it only returning the first letter of the name, but not the whole name (todays_news)?

 

[PFMaBiSmAd]

Because $this->_fileArr is the original list of filenames.ext

 

$this->_splitXtens[] is what is holding the exploded parts.

[Cosizzle]

ugh right. I had that in before, it doesnt return anything however.

 

echo $this->_splitXtensArr[0][0];

or

echo $this->_splitXtensArr[0][0][0];

[cunoodle2]

Why are you appending "Arr" to the end of this array?

 

Just do this..

echo $this->_splitXtens[0][0];

[Maq]

so far so good. Where im stuck is if I wanted to call a specific element.

echo $this->_fileArr[0][0];

 

will return 't'

 

Why is it only returning the first letter of the name, but not the whole name (todays_news)?

 

so far so good. Where im stuck is if I wanted to call a specific element.

echo $this->_fileArr[0][0];

 

will return 't'

 

Why is it only returning the first letter of the name, but not the whole name (todays_news)?

 

That would imply that you are already in the correct array OR you have the wrong array.  For example, when you do:

 

$s = "blah";
echo $s[0];

 

This will echo 'b'.

 

 

You must looking at the wrong array.  I did a sample test with your data and it works fine:

 

$arr = array(array("todays_new", "html"), array("helloWorld", "php"));
print_r($arr);
echo $arr[0][0];

?>

 

OUTPUTS:

 

Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => todays_new
            [1] => html
        )

    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => helloWorld
            [1] => php
        )

)
todays_new

[Cosizzle]

Heh... got it working... it was a mix up in variable names. I was putting it into an array called

 

_splitXtens

 

should have been put into

 

_splitXtensArr

 

... <sigh> such a silly error. Thanks for the quick feedback.