Array and string problems

[johced1974]

I'm getting some data from a table and therefore have a variable amount of data being returned. The following works:

$data = array(array('company'=>'Company 1'),array('company'=>'Company 2'),array('company'=>'Company 3'));

But when I want the contents as a variable it doens't work. See following:

$myContent = "array('company'=>'Company 1'),array('company'=>'Company 2'),array('company'=>'Company 3')";
$data = array($myContent);

I'm guessing that it thinks my $data above is a string but I'm not sure how to get to understand.

[trq]

Nope.... you'll need to be a bit clearer in your explination. Code doesn't make alot of sense.

[johced1974]

Hi again,

OK. I've got an array with the following value:
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$data = array(
  array('company'=>'Company 1'),
  array('company'=>'Company 2'),
  array('company'=>'Company 3')
);

And it works just fine. But if I put the contents into a variable called $myContents it doesn't work. I think it sees the contents as a text string.

This is what I want but it doesn't echo anything:
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$myContent = "
array('company'=>'Company 1'),
array('company'=>'Company 2'),
array('company'=>'Company 3')
";

$data = array($myContent);

[Nicklas]

It takes it as a string because you made it a string.

[johced1974]

Yeah, I know.

Any suggestions on how to keep it as an array? Most appreciated!

//Johan