simplification

[levidyllan]

hi!  I have the following two arrays and then what I put in them, just wondering if there is a better way ?

The arrays

$dec =array();	
$deca =array();	

 

then adding to the arrays:

 

 if($row['events_month']=="December"){
      $dec[]=$row['events_title'];
  $deca[]=$row['events_id'];
      }// end if

 

so could I create a double array and have it enter the info into this reducing the need for two arrays, something like:

$dec=array();

if($row['events_month']=="December"){
      $dec[]=($row['events_title'], $row['events_id']);
      }// end if

So it could be called like "echo 'title: ' .$dec[1,0] . ' code: ' . $dec[1,0];

etc etc

 

this is how I display it at the moment.

if ($decCount > 0){
?>
<h2><span class="monlink"><a href="events.php?month=December" onclick="document.getElementById('decDiv').style.display = ''; return false;">December </a></span><span class="entries">(<?php echo $decCount ?>)</span></h2>
<?php
	echo'<div id="decDiv" style="display:none;">';
		for($i=0; $i<=$decCount; $i++){
	echo '<h3><a href="events.php?event='.$deca[$i].'&month=Decemeber">' . $dec[$i] . '</a></h3>';
}
	echo '</div>';

}

 

 

[akitchin]

they're called multidimensional arrays - an array of arrays:

 

$dec[] = array($row['events_title'], $row['events_id']);

 

you can then access each as:

 

$dec[0][0] is $row['events_title'], $dec[0][1] is $row['events_id']

[levidyllan]

thats it [][] simple things you forget easily, multidimensional not double doh!

 

cheers will give it ago

[cooldude832]

as of php 4, i believe, you do not need to initialize arrays like that, all you need is

n represents an integer value

 

$data[n]['field1'] = "blah";

$data[n]['field2'] = "blah blah";

 

you don't need to initaliize the array at all just start declaring values.

[levidyllan]

so I can have:

 

$dec[n]['month'] = $row['events_title'];

$dec[n]['id'] = $row['events_id'];

 

?:-)

[cooldude832]

yeah, i'm not saying my method is the right, but for me arrays are easier in multi deminsonial using that "n" as the key value linking them.  You can also perform sorts on the array based on its subset values.

[levidyllan]

but how would I combine this into my code where at the mo i would have :

 

$jan[] = array($row['events_title'], $row['events_id']);

$feb[] = array($row['events_title'], $row['events_id']);

$mar[] = array($row['events_title'], $row['events_id']);

...etc etc

 

so how would I display this version then:

 

simply put "echo $dec[1]['month'];" etc