[SOLVED] is there a function for this?

[Michdd]

It's a really simple question, I browsed the manual and couldn't find something to what I wanted.

 

Basically I have an array of objects that'll be added to and removed from often. Every time an object is removed I call array_values(&$array) so it'll keep the lowest possible indexes. However when I use $array[] = 'something'; the index of that element it puts in isn't the lowest possible.

[Garethp]

This inserts the item at the begining of the array (IE, index 0)

http://au.php.net/manual/en/function.array-unshift.php

 

Is that what you want?

[Michdd]

Nope, that's not it. Let me try to explain it a bit better.

 

Here's an example:

 

$array = Array("something", "something");
//Keys would be 0, 1
unset($array[0]);
//Keys: 1
array_values(&$array);
//Keys are now 0
$array[] = "something";
//Keys are 0, 2

I want it to be 0, 1. Not 0, 2

[Garethp]

function pushtoend($Array, $Value)
{
$i = -1;
foreach($Array as $k=>$v)
	{
	$j = $i+1;
	if($k != $j)
		{
		$Array[$j] = $Value;
		return $Array;
		}
	$i = $k;
	}
}

 

Try that?

[Michdd]

That's pointless.

 

I was thinking there must be a function for resetting the next index number in memory, I guess not..

 

Instead of using your function I'd just do like.. $array[count($array)];

[Mark Baker]

$array = array('A','B','C');
unset($array[1]);
$array = array_merge($array);
print_r($array);

But it does raise the question of why the array key values are so critical

[Michdd]

It's not necessarily really that critical. But I have a Character class, then my Server class has an array of these Character classes. I want to keep the key of each Character instance within that array the same as it's id and keep them at their lowest possible value, just to keep it organized.