thanks for the help. i do have a question.. say instead of 2 keys in the array there are 3 or 4.. how would that be done? i do not know much about arrays so i am trying to learn. thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Slusher" <cslush@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Sebastian" <sebastian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 2:45 PM Subject: Re: array_merge_recursive > foreach ($animal_counts as $animal => $total) { > echo $animal. ':' .$total. '<br>'; > } > > > On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 13:51:36 -0500, Sebastian > <sebastian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > actually, what i mean is i need to get the animal name as well.. > > > > ie: > > echo $animal . ' : ' . $total > > would output: > > > > <animal name> : <total> > > <animal name> : <total> > > > > etc. thanks. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sebastian" <sebastian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 12:24 PM > > Subject: array_merge_recursive > > > > > Hi. > > > > > > I am using this array_merge_recursive to merge two arrays, the array looks > > > like this: > > > > > > Array > > > ( > > > [0] => Array > > > ( > > > [animal] => Dogs > > > [total] => 5 > > > > > > ) > > > > > > [1] => Array > > > ( > > > [animal] => Cats > > > [total] => 3 > > > ) > > > > > > [2] => Array > > > ( > > > [animal] => Cats > > > [total] => 6 > > > ) > > > > > > ) > > > > > > the output i need is: > > > Dogs 5 > > > Cats 9 > > > > > > I need to add the total but keep just one animal if its already there. can > > > someone please help? i been stuck for two days. i appreciate it. > > > > > > -- > > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > > > > > -- > Craig Slusher > Web Programmer > cslush@xxxxxxxxx > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php