[SOLVED] Reading from an array

[hotrod57]

I have a text file that I read into an array using explode().  My separator is =.  I need to be able to look at the contents of $array[0] and $array[1] and create a form based on what is in the array.  For example: $array[0] = checkbox, checkbox, radio button and $array[1] = shoe, hat, car.  I need to be able to recognize that when I see the second "checkbox" in $array[0] it corresponds with "hat" in $array[1], and so on.  I know this seems simple, but the catch is the values in the text file are changeable, I need my function to be able to recognize the differences.  This time checkbox and shoe go together, but next time it could be a drop box with different values.  Does this make sense?

[Wuhtzu]

Could you please post some sample lines from your text file?

[hotrod57]

<?php
$lines = file('test_read.txt');

foreach ($lines as $line_num => $line) {
list($type, $value) = explode("=", $line);

	if ($type == "checkbox"){
		print ("<input type=checkbox name=userbox value=$value>$value");
	}
}
?>

[Psycho]

Your original post and the sample code do not appear to make sense to me. In your first post you state that you are using the equal sign as a delimter and that the values of the array, after using explode, would be something like:

 

$array[0] = checkbox, checkbox, radio button

$array[1] = shoe, hat, car.

 

But according to your code above you are not delimiting those based upon the commas. Try this:

 

<?php
$lines = file('test_read.txt');

foreach ($lines as $line) {
    list($fields, $values) = explode("=", $line);

    $fields = explode(",", $fields);
    $values = explode(",", $values);

    for ($i=0; $i<count($fields); $i++) {

        switch(trim($fields[$i])) {

            case 'checkbox':
                print ("<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"userbox\" value=\"".trim($value[$i])."\">".trim($value[$i])."");
                break;

            case 'radio':
                print ("<input type=\"radio\" name=\"userbox\" value=\"".trim($value[$i])."\">".trim($value[$i])."");
                break;

        }
    }
}
?>

[hotrod57]

Thanks a lot!  That helped me out big time.  But now I have the two checkboxes with no values beside them.  Any suggestions?

 

<?php
$lines = file('test_read.txt');

foreach ($lines as $line) {
    list($fields, $values) = explode("=", $line);

    $fields = explode(",", $fields);
    $values = explode(",", $values);

    for ($i=0; $i<count($fields); $i++) {

        switch(trim($fields[$i])) {

            case 'checkbox':
                print ("<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"userbox\" value=\"".trim($value[$i])."\">".trim($value[$i])."");
                break;

            case 'radio':
                print ("<input type=\"radio\" name=\"userbox\" value=\"".trim($value[$i])."\">".trim($value[$i])."");
                break;

        }
    }
}
?>

[Psycho]

Can you show some of the data EXACTLY as it exists in the txt file?

[hotrod57]

Here is my text file:

 

title = Test Form;

checkbox = shoe;

checkbox = hair;

radio_button = 3;

comment_box

dropbox = 18-29;

dropbox = 30-49;

dropbox = 50-75;

textbox = 50;

[Wuhtzu]

And what exactly shall:

 

title = Test Form;
checkbox = shoe;
checkbox = hair;
radio_button = 3;
comment_box
dropbox = 18-29;
dropbox = 30-49;
dropbox = 50-75;
textbox = 50;

 

Please post the html form which you wanna produce from the above text.

[Psycho]

Ok, what you stated in your first post is not acurate based upon the data you are using. You will not get

 

$array[0] = checkbox, checkbox, radio button

$array[1] = shoe, hat, car.

 

from that data because the array is getting redefined on each itteration of the loop. So the first time through you would have $array[0]='checkbox' & $array[1]='shoe'. On the 2nd iteration it would be $array[0]='checkbox' & $array[1]='hat', etc.

 

Try this:

 

<?php
$lines = file('test_read.txt');

foreach ($lines as $line) {
    list($field, $value) = explode("=", $line);

    $value = substr(trim($values), 0, 1);

    switch(trim($field)) {

        case 'checkbox':
            print ("<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"userbox\" value=\"$value\">$value");
            break;

        case 'radio':
            print ("<input type=\"radio\" name=\"userbox\" value=\"$value\">$value");
            break;

    }
}
?>

 

however, I don't know how that is going to work for you since all the field names will be the same. Hope you have some logic to handle that.

[premiso]

Using mjdomato's code provided (which is very nice) here is an alternative:

 

<?php
$lines = file('test_read.txt');

foreach ($lines as $line) {
    list($field, $value) = explode("=", $line);

    $value = substr(trim($values), 0, 1);
    echo get_html($field, $value);

}

function get_html($tag, $value) {
    switch(trim($tag)) {
        case 'checkbox':
            return "<input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"userbox\" value=\"$value\">$value";
            break;

        case 'radio':
            return "<input type=\"radio\" name=\"userbox\" value=\"$value\">$value";
            break;
        // more cases below if needed.
    }
}
?>

 

That way its more versatile returning it because you can then use this in other sites and keep that code in a functions file.

 

Just another way of doing it.

[hotrod57]

Tried that and this is what I get:

 

checkbox checkbox radio

 

Those words are the symbols for what I get, two checkboxes and a radio button, with no values.

[Psycho]

My sig does state there may be typos!

 

Change this

$value = substr(trim($values), 0, 1);

 

To this

$value = substr(trim($value), 0, 1);