using count function on a session array variable [SOLVED]

[phpbenny]

Hi

I have the following problem after upgrading from PHP 4 to 5.

Before I had (shown in a short example):

$a[0]=1;
$a[1]=3;
$a[2]=4;

session_register("a");

$items = count($a);
// result 3

After:

$a[0]=1;
$a[1]=3;
$a[2]=4;

$_SESSION["a"];

$items = count($_SESSION["a"]);
// result 0?

Anyone know why its not possible to count this array? I have tested that it is an array and the array contains items?

Best regards

Benny

[onlyican]

I believe in php V5 session_register is not that good
I name sessions the following way

$_SESSION["a"] = $something

[phpbenny]

Hi again

And that is exactly what I have done if you look at the "after" example :-)

Best regards

Benny

[onlyican]

looking at your example
[quote]
session_register("a");
[/quote]

As i said
session_register does not work

Try
$_SESSION["a"] = $value;
NOT
session_register("a");

[phpbenny]

Hi again

I'm sorry let me be more clear:

This part worked fine in PHP 4

--- "Before at PHP 4" ---

Before I had (shown in a short example):

$a[0]=1;
$a[1]=3;
$a[2]=4;

session_register("a");

$items = count($a);
// result 3

--- "Before finished" ---

--- "After moving to PHP 5" ---
After:

$a[0]=1;
$a[1]=3;
$a[2]=4;

$_SESSION["a"];

$items = count($_SESSION["a"]);
// result 0?

--- "End of PHP 5" ---

Best regards

Benny

[onlyican]

you have $_SESSION["a"]
Whats that
$_SESSION["a"] = $value

using
$_SESSION["a"];
you have named a bucket a
You now need to fill the bucket with something, using =
$_SESSION["a"] = $a;

[phpbenny]

Hi again

Thanks but unfortunately this was an example, not a good one I see:

Heres a snippet from the real code (modified):

$_SESSION['basket'] = array();

$_SESSION["kurv[0][0]"] = 5;
$_SESSION["kurv[0][1]"] = 3;
$_SESSION["kurv[1][0]"] = 1;
$_SESSION["kurv[2][3]"] = 25;

If I now:
echo count($_SESSION["kurv"]);

I get the result 0?

Best regards

Benny

[.josh]

[code]
$_SESSION['basket'] = array();

$_SESSION['kurv'][0][0] = 5;
$_SESSION['kurv'][0][1] = 3;
$_SESSION['kurv'][1][0] = 1;
$_SESSION['kurv'][2][3] = 25;

echo count($_SESSION['kurv']) ;
[/code]

[extrovertive]

[quote author=phpbenny link=topic=109219.msg440239#msg440239 date=1159080707]
Hi again

Thanks but unfortunately this was an example, not a good one I see:

Heres a snippet from the real code (modified):

$_SESSION['basket'] = array();

$_SESSION["kurv[0][0]"] = 5;
$_SESSION["kurv[0][1]"] = 3;
$_SESSION["kurv[1][0]"] = 1;
$_SESSION["kurv[2][3]"] = 25;

If I now:
echo count($_SESSION["kurv"]);

I get the result 0?

Best regards

Benny

[/quote]


You're trying to count the size of a mult-dimensionl array. count works only for 1D array.
[code=php:0]
$count = 0;
$_SESSION["kurv"][0][0] = 5;
$_SESSION["kurv"][0][1] = 3;
$_SESSION["kurv"][1][0] = 1;
$_SESSION["kurv"][2][3] = 25;

foreach($_SESSION["kurv"] as $kurv_row)
{
foreach($kurv_row as $val)
{
  echo $val . "<br />";
  $count++;
}
}

echo "Total items: " . $count;
[/code]

Also, count($_SESSION['kurv']) ; will just count how rows there are, not how many items are in the array.

[sasa]

try[code]<?php
$_SESSION["kurv"][0][0] = 5;
$_SESSION["kurv"][0][1] = 3;
$_SESSION["kurv"][1][0] = 1;
$_SESSION["kurv"][2][3] = 25;

function multi_count($a) {
if (!isset($a)) return 0;
if (is_array($a)) foreach ($a as $b) $count += multi_count($b); else $count = 1;
return $count;
}

echo multi_count($_SESSION["kurv"]);
?>[/code]

[phpbenny]

Hi again

Thanks for the help, however according to the PHP manual is should work:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.count.php

Please notice this was working in PHP 4 but moving to PHP 5 I had to change the way session variables are set, instead of "session_register("$var")" it now reads "$_SESSION["$var"]".

If I test the session variable by "isset" and "is_array" it validates as true, but using "count" results in 0.

And it works fine as long as the variable is not a session variable, no problem.

This works fine:
<?
$k[0][0]=23;
$k[1][0]=19;
$k[2][0]=6;

echo count($k); // results in 3
?>

Best regards

Benny

[extrovertive]

use multi_count if you want to count the items in a muti-array

$k[0][0] = 5;
$k[0][1] = 3;
$k[1][0] = 1;
$k[2][3] = 25;
echo count($k); // results in 3 - not 4!

[phpbenny]

Hi

Thanks for your suggestion, but that is not what I need.

My problem are using count on a session array variable produces the result 0, using count on a "normal" variable as my latest example works fine.

Best regards

Benny

[extrovertive]

The reason it did not work on your session variable is you declared it incorrectly.

Incorrect:
$_SESSION["kurv[0][0]"] = 5;
$_SESSION["kurv[0][1]"] = 3;
$_SESSION["kurv[1][0]"] = 1;
$_SESSION["kurv[2][3]"] = 25;

Correct:
$_SESSION["kurv"][0][0] = 5;
$_SESSION["kurv"][0][1] = 3;
$_SESSION["kurv"][1][0] = 1;
$_SESSION["kurv"][2][3] = 25;

1D array:
$kurv[]
2D array:
$kurv[][]

Whether the array is a session varible or not, if you want to determine how many items, you need to use a function for counting how many items are in multi-dimensional array. count() only works for 1D array. Use multi_count, which sasa did. It takes the total of each items in a 1D array and combine them for the  2D array.

[phpbenny]

Yeaaah perfect it was my value assignment to the $_SESSION that was wrong as you specified.

Thanks alot I missed that totally ;D

However the count function can also be used on multi dimensionel arrays, but it will only count the "first" array, which is exactly what I need :-)

Also you have the option of specifiying a second option to count so it indeed counts all elements recursively.

Again great I will be coming back to this board in the future. to help and be helped.

Best regards

Benny