There are a lot of alternatives if you want to remove the arrays.... XML,
ini files, text files, yaml, json
Of course... they all will implicate to open the file, read it, and then
process it.
On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Allen McCabe <allenmccabe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> John,
>
> I did this, and got my arrays dumped (on one line). After adding line
> returns, here is a snippet:
>
> [code=array dump]
>
> array(38) {
> ["show_01"]=> array(5) {
> ["title"]=> string(29) "Van Cliburn Gold Medal Winner"
> ["date"]=> string(16) "Tues. 10/13/2009"
> ["time"]=> string(4) "11am"
> ["price"]=> float(4)
> ["soldout"]=> int(0)
> }
> ["show_02"]=> array(5) {
> ["title"]=> string(22) "Jack and the Beanstalk"
> ["date"]=> string(15) "Fri. 10/23/2009"
> ["time"]=> string(4) "11am"
> ["price"]=> float(4)
> ["soldout"]=> int(0)
> }
>
> [/code]
>
> and for reference, my original php used to set up arrays
>
> [code=shows.php]
>
> $shows = array();
> $show_01 = array();
> $show_01['title'] = 'Van Cliburn Gold Medal Winner';
> $show_01['date'] = 'Tues. 10/13/2009';
> $show_01['time'] = '11am';
> $show_01['price'] = 4.00;
> $show_01['soldout'] = 0; //IF THE SHOW SELLS OUT, CHANGE "0" to "1"
> (without quotations).
> $shows['show_01'] = $show_01;
> $show_02 = array();
> $show_02['title'] = 'Jack and the Beanstalk';
> $show_02['date'] = 'Fri. 10/23/2009';
> $show_02['time'] = '11am';
> $show_02['price'] = 4.00;
> $show_02['soldout'] = 0; //IF THE SHOW SELLS OUT, CHANGE "0" to "1"
> (without quotations).
> $shows['show_02'] = $show_02;
>
> [/code]
>
> Does this dump look right?
>
> On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 3:04 PM, John Butler
> <govinda.webdnatalk@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
> > I can't seem to get my foreach loops to work, will PHP parse embedded
> >> loops?
> >>
> >
> > yes.
> >
> > Is this something I need to have in a database to work?
> >>
> >
> > no, you can do it with the arrays... but it may be easier to work with
> > over the long run if that data was in a db.
> >
> > Anyway right after you finish creating the array and it's embedded
> arrays,
> > in your code, then add this:
> > var_dump($shows); //--so you can see what you just created. If it looks
> > right, THEN go on bothering to try and parse it with your (embedded)
> > foreach's {
> >
> > ------------
> > John Butler (Govinda)
> > govinda.webdnatalk@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
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