var_dump(implode("<br />", $array) . "<br />");
On Mon, Apr 13, 2009 at 7:07 PM, PJ <af.gourmet@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Leon & thanks.
> It sure is complicated. Jim Lucas example did the trick very nicely (in
> my other post -
> "extract varying data from array with different formatting" but here I
> am learning about other ways & means.
> Redoing the arrays means redoing the queries :-( but I'll have a go at
> it if I'm to learn anything. I already have a ranking column set up but
> am not using it at the moment for the author display. Anyway, I have
> enough to keep my neurons busy for a while.
> Thanks.
>
> Leon du Plessis wrote:
> > Hi PJ,
> >
> > You may want to remove the "," before the <br>...That was a slight
> > oversight
> > on my part....sorry.'bout that...I will leave you to do the fixing,
> > but I am
> > sure you get the general idea.
> >
> > Best wishes..Leon
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Leon du Plessis [mailto:leon@xxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 13 April 2009 06:48 PM
> > To: 'PJ'
> > Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: what to use instead of foreach
> >
> > Hi PJ,
> >
> > Ok, If I understand correctly you can attempt to alter your code as per
> > following example (I am breaking it down a little for readability):
> >
> > a) If you only wish to output the authors, see also Mark Kelly's example,
> > You can simply output as many authors you have associated (you will
> > need an
> > associated array!!:
> >
> > Or b) I include the following alternative example:
> >
> > ....
> > $string_out = "":
> > Foreach ($my_titles as $titles)
> > {
> > Echo "Title: $titles By:<br>";
> > Foreach($my_authors[$title] as $author)
> > $string_out .= "$author, "; /* Building string */
> >
> > // Add <br>
> > $string_out .= "<br>";
> >
> > // Here you would replace your last comma with the "&" you want
> > // There are a few ways to do this (like Mark Kelly's), but will try
> > // another way (older, maybe less complicated?).
> > $final_string = substr($string_out,0,strrpos($string_out,",") - 1);
> > $final_string .= " & " .
> > substr($string_out,strrpos($string_out,",") + 1);
> > }
> > ....
> >
> > So all you need is to modal your data around this, and you should be
> > fine.
> > You could construct your arrays then as follows as an example:
> >
> > ....
> > $my_titles = array("title1","title2");
> > $my_authors["title1"] = array("a someone","a notherone");
> > $my_authors["title2"] = array("mr. a","mr. b");
> > ...
> >
> > and so forth...how you construct the data is then very important as
> > you can
> > then later use it simplify your coding as you progress and as
> demonstrated
> > below:
> >
> > In future, where the need justifies it, you can construct your array to
> > already contain the needed string you want to output, it may help, but
> you
> > will sometimes have the same effort in constructing the data for the
> > arrays,
> > so it is up to you to decide which approach is going to be best: e.g.
> > $my_titles = array("title1","title2");
> > $my_authors["title1"] = array("a someone, a notherone & Mr. X");
> >
> > Then you can simply echo the array value:
> > echo "$my_authors["title1"] . "<br>";
> >
> > Hope it is enough info for to work on for now!!
> >
> > Have fun!
> > Leon
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: PJ [mailto:af.gourmet@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: 13 April 2009 04:33 PM
> > To: Leon du Plessis
> > Cc: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: Re: what to use instead of foreach
> >
> > Hi Leon,
> > Thanks for the suggestion; I'm quite new to all this, so it's a bit
> > complicated for my peanut brain.
> > I have already tried with several count and for schemes. None work
> > because foreach ignores any counters once in the loop. Also, this
> > foreach is nested within another foreach; don't know if that affects
> > anything.
> > I'll try to understand the second suggestion using for. I'll see what
> > comes up.
> > There are actually several conditions that have to be met:
> > 1. if only 1 author = echo "author<br>"
> > 2. if 2 authors = echo "author & author1<br>"
> > 3. if more than 2 authors = echo "author, author1, author2 & author3<br>"
> > That's what makes it a "toughie"
> >
> > Leon du Plessis wrote:
> >> You may try something basic like:
> >>
> >> $b = 1;
> >> foreach ($my_array as $a)
> >> {
> >> echo " $a ";
> >>
> >> //Send new line to browser
> >> if ($b++ == 3) { echo "<br>"; $b = 1; }
> >> }
> >>
> >> Or there are some different ways to approach this also like:
> >> for ($a =& current($my_array); $a; $a = next($my_array))
> >> {
> >> //Format 1
> >> echo " $a ";
> >> $a = next($my_array);
> >>
> >> //Format 2
> >> /* you may add checks here to see if $a contains data */
> >> echo " ~ $a ~ "; $a = next($my_array);
> >>
> >> //Format 3 + NEW LINE
> >> /* you may add checks here to see if $a contains data */
> >> echo " ~~ $a ~~<br> ";
> >> }
> >>
> >> This way you have some added control over the iteration through the
> >> array,
> >> and you can play around with when & how to display what.
> >>
> >> Regards.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: PJ [mailto:af.gourmet@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >> Sent: 12 April 2009 08:57 PM
> >> To: php-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: what to use instead of foreach
> >>
> >> foreach does not allow for different formatting for output...
> >> What could be used as a workaround?
> >> example:
> >> echo $some_result, "<br>"; // will print all results in 1 column
> >> echo $some_result, ","; // will print all results comma-separated in
> >> 1 row
> >>
> >> But how do you get result1, result2 & result3 // with <br> at end ?
> >
>
>
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