getting next element + 1 in a 2d array

[tammclaughlin]

Hi,

I have been going round in circles reading the docs on the different ways to use 2D arrays but getting stuck at the best method of achieving what I want.

 

This is what I want to do:

 

Display a list of user details in a random order in multiple colums.

I looked at retrieving the details from a csv file which was ok, but could not find a way to convert the info into a 2d array so I created a static array as follows:

 

$members=array(

                        "name1" => array ("Mr", "Tam", "Meechan","0123 5454","myemail@me.com","url1,"url2"),

                        "name2" => array ("Mr", "Joe", "Bloggs","0123 112233","hisemail@me.com","url1,"url2"),

                        "name3" => array ("Mr", "Bo", "Frank","0123 9900","noemail@me.com","url1,"url2"),

              );

 

 

my test code to print the details is:

 

count=count($members);

foreach ($members as $key => $val) {

    for($i=0;$i<$count;$i++) {

 

        print "<tr>";

        print "<td>$val[$i]</td>";

    }

    print "</tr>";

}

 

 

I know the output is not yet formatted e.g. I would want the first 3 values of the inner array to be displayed together on the same table row.

 

However, I want to display  as follows: $val[$i]  $val+1 [$i]

but don't know how to access the next element in the outer array.

 

Any ideas?

 

Also, if I want to shuffle the array keys name1, name2 etc, is it better to use integers for the keys rather than a string?

 

Thanks.

[Zane]

$val[$i+1]

[tammclaughlin]

Thanks for the reply.

However, I don't think I explained myself properly.

$val[$i+1] would let me access the next element in the array for details for name1 whereas I want to access the same details for name2

 

e.g.

currently I have:

 

name1

mr

tam

meechan

01.......

 

name2

 

 

but want:

 

name1        name 2      name3

mr              mr            mr

tam            joe            bo

meechan      bloggs      frank