[SOLVED] Code to help choose "a" or "an"

[katarra]

The echo part works just fine. That was great.

 

However, I need to be able to call it, but when I just use

<?=getAdj($class)?> <?=$class?>

it doesn't work. Am I calling it wrong in the form section?

[katarra]

This is how I'm using it. The function up above works excellent. I just can't seem to call it correctly down here in the form.

 

<td>
      <div align="left">
        <?=$name?> is a member of the <?=$race?>. 
        <?=$HeShe?> has been trained as <?=getAdj($class)?> <?=$class?>. </div>
        <p align="left"><?=$wep?> <?=$arm?></p></td>

[.josh]

try changing that to

 

<?php echo getAdj($class); ?>

[katarra]

That didn't print out anything. Just a blank.

[.josh]

post the entire code as-is don't c/p pieces of it post the whole thing.

[katarra]

<?
$command = 1;
$peep = ucwords(strtolower($action3[2]));
$peepsname = getuser($peep,"name");
$peeps = getlevel(get("plane"),coords(),"pcs");
$pflags = getuser($peep,"flags");

function getAdj($class) {
  $array['a'] = array('hunter','Royal');
  $array['an'] = array('assassin','entertainer','alchemist');
  foreach($array as $k => $v)
    if (in_array(($class),$v)) return $k;
  return '';
}

$a = array('hunter','entertainer','Royal','assassin','alchemist');

foreach ($a as $class) {
  echo "Adam appears to be " . getAdj($class) . " " . $class . "<br/>";
}


if ($peep != $username && (strpos($peeps,"$peep:") === false || strpos(getuser($peep,"flags"),"(invis)") !== false)) echo("You do not see $peep here."); else{
$name = "<i>".getuser($peep,"name")."</i>";
$race = "<i>".getuser($peep,"race")."</i>";
$gender = getuser($peep,"gender");
if ($gender == "male"){
	$HeShe = "He";
	$heshe = "he";
	$hisher = "his";
}else if ($gender == "female"){
	$HeShe = "She";
	$heshe = "she";
	$hisher = "her";
}else{
	$HeShe = "It";
	$heshe = "it";
	$hisher = "its";
}
if (getuser($peep,"guild") == "") $guild = "$name is not a member of a guild.";
else $guild = "$name is a member of the guild <i>".getuser($peep,"guild")."</i>.";

$gender = "<i>$gender</i>";
$home = "<i>".getuser($peep,"hometown")."</i>";
$eyes = "<i>".getuser($peep,"eyes")."</i>";
$hair = "<i>".getuser($peep,"hair")."</i>";
$skin = "<i>".getuser($peep,"skin")."</i>";
$height = "<i>".getuser($peep,"height")."</I>";
$build = "<i>".getuser($peep,"build")."</i>";
$class = "<i>".getuser($peep,"class")."</i>";
$wep = getuser($peep,"weapon");
if($wep)$wep="$name is wielding a <i>$wep</i>.";else $wep="$name has <i>no weapon</i>.";
$ret = "";
if ($peep == $username){
	$petdata = getuser($peep,"pet");
	$ret = "The ".get("race")." known as ".get("name")." is here";
	if ($petdata[1] != "") $ret .= " with ".get("pet");
	$ret .= ".<br><br>\n";
}
$other = "";
$spouse = getuser($peep,"spouse");
if ($spouse == "none") $spouse = "not married.";
else $spouse = "married to <i>".getuser($spouse,"name")."</i>. ";
$shield="<i>".getuser($peep,"shield")."</i>";if($shield=="<i></i>")$shield="<i>nothing</i>";
$head="<i>".getuser($peep,"head")."</i>";if($head=="<i></i>")$head="<i>nothing</i>";
$neck="<i>".getuser($peep,"neck")."</i>";if($neck=="<i></i>")$neck="<i>nothing</i>";
$body="<i>".getuser($peep,"body")."</i>";if($body=="<i></i>")$body="<i>nothing</i>";
$leftarm="<i>".getuser($peep,"leftarm")."</i>";if($leftarm=="<i></i>")$leftarm="<i>nothing</i>";
$rightarm="<i>".getuser($peep,"rightarm")."</i>";if($rightarm=="<i></i>")$rightarm="<i>nothing</i>";
$wrists="<i>".getuser($peep,"wrists")."</i>";if($wrists=="<i></i>")$wrists="<i>nothing</i>";
$hands="<i>".getuser($peep,"hands")."</i>";if($hands=="<i></i>")$hands="<i>nothing</i>";
$leftfinger="<i>".getuser($peep,"leftfinger")."</i>";if($leftfinger=="<i></i>")$leftfinger="<i>nothing</i>";
$rightfinger="<i>".getuser($peep,"rightfinger")."</i>";if($rightfinger=="<i></i>")$rightfinger="<i>nothing</i>";
$legs="<i>".getuser($peep,"legs")."</i>";if($legs=="<i></i>")$legs="<i>nothing</i>";
$feet="<i>".getuser($peep,"feet")."</i>";if($feet=="<i></i>")$feet="<i>nothing</i>";
$arm="$HeShe has $shield equipped for a shield, $head on $hisher head, $neck around $hisher neck and $body on $hisher body. $HeShe is also wearing $leftarm on $hisher left arm and a $rightarm on $hisher right arm. $HeShe has equipped $wrists on $hisher wrists, $hands on $hisher hands, $leftfinger on $hisher left finger and a $rightfinger on $hisher right finger. $HeShe has $legs on $hisher legs and $feet on $hisher feet. $HeShe is $spouse";
if(strpos(getuser($peep,"flags"),"(equip)")===false)$arm="";
if ($peep != $username){
	$myname = get("name");
	set("chat",get("chat")."<b><font class=self>You looked at $peepsname.</font></b><br>\n");
	$chardata = explode(":",getlevel(get("plane"),coords(),"pcs"));
	$numchars = count($chardata);
	for ($i = 0; $i < $numchars; $i++){
		if ($chardata[$i] != $username && $chardata[$i] != ""){
			$peepname = $chardata[$i];
			$cp = getuser($peepname,"chatpref");
			if ($chardata[$i] == $peep){$peepchat = "<b>$myname looked at you.</b><br>\n"; if ($cp[10] == 1) setuser($peepname,"newchat",1);}
			else if(strpos(getuser($peepname,"friends"),"$username:") !== false) $peepchat = "<font class=friends>$myname looked at $peepsname.</font><br>\n";
			else $peepchat = "$myname looked at $peepsname.<br>\n";
			setuser($peepname,"chat",getuser($peepname,"chat").$peepchat);
			if ($chardata[$i] != $peep && $cp[11] == 1) setuser($peepname,"newchat",1);
		}
	}
}
}
?>
<table width="85%" border="0" cellpadding="10" align="center">
  <tr>
    <td><h2 align="center"><?=$name?></h2></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>
      <div align="left">
        <?=$name?> is a member of the <?=$race?>. 
        <?=$HeShe?> has been trained as <?php echo getAdj($class); ?>. </div>
        <p align="left"><?=$wep?> <?=$arm?></p></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td><?=$descript = nl2br(getuser($peep,"description"));?></td>
  </tr>
</table>

[.josh]

okay your problem is this:

 

$class = "<i>".getuser($peep,"class")."</i>";

 

You have html tags wrapped around the actual class name by the time you pass it to getAdj().

[katarra]

I don't quite understand what you mean...

 

Could you show me?

[.josh]

what don't you understand? Look at what you are assigning to $class. This is an example of what you are sending to getAdj() :

 

"<i>assassin</i>"

 

do you think "<i>assassin</i>" is the same as "assassin" ?

[katarra]

Nevermind.

 

Got it.

 

Thank you VERY MUCH!