Hi Zoltán, Wednesday, June 13, 2007, 3:09:16 PM, you wrote: > 2007. 06. 13, szerda keltezéssel 15.42-kor Tijnema ezt írta: >> On 6/13/07, Richard Davey <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> > Hi Zoltán, >> > >> > Wednesday, June 13, 2007, 2:21:18 PM, you wrote: >> > >> > > 2007. 06. 13, szerda keltezéssel 14.13-kor Richard Davey ezt írta: >> > >> Hi all, >> > >> >> > >> Can anyone think of a more elegant way of achieving the following? >> > >> >> > >> <?php >> > >> $flags = array(); >> > >> >> > >> if ($allow_fraction) >> > >> { >> > >> $flags[] = FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_FRACTION; >> > >> } >> > >> >> > >> if ($allow_thousand) >> > >> { >> > >> $flags[] = FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_THOUSAND; >> > >> } >> > >> >> > >> if ($allow_scientific) >> > >> { >> > >> $flags[] = FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_SCIENTIFIC; >> > >> } >> > >> >> > >> if (count($flags) > 0) >> > >> { >> > >> > > $tmp = FALSE; >> > > foreach ($flags as $flag) { >> > > $tmp = $tmp | $flag; >> > > } >> > > $filter['flags'] = $tmp; >> > >> > Nice one, thank you. Same amount of code but avoids the eval() which >> > is all I wanted. >> > >> > Cheers, >> > >> > Rich >> Nice one, but you could also do it like this: >> >> <?php >> $filter['flags'] = FALSE; >> >> if ($allow_fraction) >> { >> $filter['flags'] = $filter['flags'] | FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_FRACTION; >> } >> >> if ($allow_thousand) >> { >> $filter['flags'] = $filter['flags'] | FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_THOUSAND; >> } >> >> if ($allow_scientific) >> { >> $filter['flags'] = $filter['flags'] | FILTER_FLAG_ALLOW_SCIENTIFIC; >> } >> >> ?> >> >> Little bit simpler huh? > in this case yes. > but if he wants to use the $flags array to anything else besides > creating $filter['flags'] from it, then my solution would be better Your solution was far better than my original, but I'm only ever setting 1 value ($filter['flags']) at the end of each function, so using the above technique will work for my requirements. Thank you both for your suggestions. Cheers, Rich -- Zend Certified Engineer http://www.corephp.co.uk "Never trust a computer you can't throw out of a window" -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php