[SOLVED] Array variations

[sphinx9999]

Hi,

I'm trying to convert an array of text into all of its sequential variations keeping the elements in order, i.e. if the original array is:

$original=array('one','two','three','four');

I need to convert it into:

$new=array(
array('one'),
array('one','two'),
array('one','two','three'),
array('one','two','three','four'),
array('two'),
array('two','three'),
array('two','three','four'),
array('three'),
array('three','four'),
array('four')
);

Any ideas how this can be done (for a dynamic number of elements in the original array)?

Cheers

[Orio]

<?php

$original=array('one','two','three','four');

echo "<pre>"; print_r(get_sequence($original)); echo "</pre>";

function get_sequence($array)
{
$size = count($array);
$data = array();
for($i=0; $i<$size; $i++)
{
	foreach($array as $key=>$val)
		$data[] = array_slice($array, 0, $key+1);
	array_shift($array);
}

return $data;
}

?>

 

 

Orio.

[sphinx9999]

Genius! Good thinking Orio