Hi Jake Thanks for the answer. That is what I had in my example that did not work. I had tried that and then wondered how I might access that key. I have tried $legrow["number"]; where number is a value I know to be one of the legId's. Is this correct? Regards Richard > $legrow["$data->legs->leg[$k]['legId']"] > > ?? See if that works... > > Jake > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: rluckhurst@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rluckhurst@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] >> Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 11:27 PM >> To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: Array Question >> >> Hi All >> >> I am having a bit of trouble with PHP arrays and would >> appreciate some help. >> >> I currently have the following piece of code >> >> $count=count($data->legs->leg); >> $k=0; >> while($k < $count) >> { >> >> $legrow[$k]=$data->legs->leg[$k]['legId'].$VM.$data->legs->leg >> [$k]['depApt'].$VM.$data->legs->leg[$k]['depTime'].$VM.$data-> >> legs->leg[$k]['dstApt'].$VM.$data->legs->leg[$k]['arrTime'].$V >> M.$data->legs->leg[$k]['equip'].$VM.$data->legs->leg[$k]['fNo' >> ].$VM.$data->legs->leg[$k]['cr'].$VM.$data->legs->leg[$k]['mil >> es'].$VM.$data->legs->leg[$k]['elapsed'].$VM.$data->legs->leg[ >> $k]['meals'].$VM.$data->legs->leg[$k]['smoker'].$VM.$data->leg >> s->leg[$k]['stops'].$VM.$data->legs->leg[$k]['eticket']; >> >> $k++; >> } >> >> This works fine extracting the leg attributes from the legs array and >> putting the data into a new legrow array delimited by $VM. >> >> I can do a print_r($legrow); and I get the rows displayed >> correctly. I can >> also access any row by using $legrow[n] where n is the key number. >> >> What I want to do is to find a way of indexing the array >> using the legId >> as the key if possible. In other words I want to extract the >> row where the >> legId has a particular value where I do not know the row key. >> >> I have been thinking that this might be possible with an >> associative array >> but my attempts to do this have not worked. >> >> What I have tried is as follows >> >> $count=count($data->legs->leg); >> $k=0; >> while($k < $count) >> { >> >> $legrow["$data->legs->leg[$k]['legId']"]=$data->legs->leg[$k][ >> 'depApt'].$VM.$data->legs->leg[$k]['depTime'].$VM.$data->legs- >> >leg[$k]['dstApt'].$VM.$data->legs->leg[$k]['arrTime'].$VM.$da >> ta->legs->leg[$k]['equip'].$VM.$data->legs->leg[$k]['fNo'].$VM >> .$data->legs->leg[$k]['cr'].$VM.$data->legs->leg[$k]['miles']. >> $VM.$data->legs->leg[$k]['elapsed'].$VM.$data->legs->leg[$k][' >> meals'].$VM.$data->legs->leg[$k]['smoker'].$VM.$data->legs->le >> g[$k]['stops'].$VM.$data->legs->leg[$k]['eticket']; >> >> $k++; >> } >> >> My thinking is that the $data->legs->leg[$k]['legId'] is the >> legId and I >> might use that as a key. This however does not work. >> >> I would appreciate some guidance on how I might get this to work. >> >> Regards >> >> Richard Luckhurst >> >> -- >> PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.17/731 - Release >> Date: 3/23/2007 3:27 PM >> >> > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 268.18.17/731 - Release Date: 3/23/2007 > 3:27 PM > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
