If statements and arrays

[mystic_bovine]

The code below isn't working, so I guess an IF statement shouldn't be used.    Can someone tell me what I should be using?

 

$line2 = "TX, first, last, email, phone, zip, address, city, flooring_hardwood_install";
$array2 = explode(',', $line2);

if ($array2[8] == "flooring_hardwood_install") { $trade = '51' ;}

 

Thanks so much.

[resago]

the spaces are throwing you off.

 

[kenrbnsn]

You're exploding on the "," character, but the items in your list are separated but ", ", so you're "if" condition isn't being met. Either explode on ", ", or use array_map():

<?php
$line2 = "TX, first, last, email, phone, zip, address, city, flooring_hardwood_install";
$array2 = array_map('trim',explode(',', $line2));

if ($array2[8] == "flooring_hardwood_install") { $trade = '51' ;}
echo $trade;
?>

 

Ken

[mystic_bovine]

Thanks for the replies.

 

I used the

$array2 = array_map('trim',explode(',', $line2));

and it worked.

 

However the spaces in the example were my fault, It was last and I was tired.

 

The data was actually coming from a Excel exported CSV file. When I looked at it in a plain text editor, I couldn't see any spaces. Would the fact it came from Excel have anything to do with it?  Or because array[8] was at the end of the line?

[kenrbnsn]

If you're reading a CSV file, you should look into using the fgetcsv() function. Using this function will probably simplify your code.

 

Ken

[mystic_bovine]

Thanks.  I'll check it out.