How do I track an integer for an unknown string?

[kenw232]

I have a variable with a string that changes in a loop. 

while {
$Name = "unique name1";
$Name = "unique name2";
$Name = "unique name3";
}

I want to dynamically update a unique integer associated with $Name.  How can I do this?  So "unique name1" might get a number of 34, but I don't know the string will be "unique name1" entering into the loop.  I  can't wrap my head around this.

 

 

[Barand]

So far you have posted code that makes no sense at all, and a description of the problem that makes even less sense.

 

Do you want to start again?

[kenw232]

I have a while loop of mysql results.  I need to keep track of the total number of X for employee_name's.  How do I do that?

while ($sqlEmployeeRow = $sqlGetEmployees -> fetch())
{
   // "This" employee_name gets 5 added to it's x.
   echo $sqlEmployeeRow['employee_name'] . " now has " . $x . " minutes";
}

[ginerjm]

You show us a loop that does nothing but show us some output that we have no idea of its origins. Where did $x come from? How are you incrementing it? All you have done with this latest post is show us an echo statement of something.

 

You really need to listen Barand if you want help. He can really help you IF YOU GIVE HIM/US and idea of what you are doing. Is this all the code you have so far that is related to this 'problem'? I hope not because that would imply that you want us to write it for you, not 'help' you with it.

[kenw232]

Its ok, I figured it out.  I'm tracking it in two different arrays.

# Add employee to array if not in array already
if (!in_array($sqlEmployeeRow['employee_name'], $aTimeTotal)) { $aTimeTotal[] = $sqlEmployeeRow['employee_name']; }

# Get index of this employee and update second array with time value
$iIndexTemp = array_search($sqlEmployeeRow['employee_name'], $aTimeTotal);
$aTimeTotalVals[$iIndexTemp] = $aTimeTotalVals[$iIndexTemp] + $sMinsOut;