> On Jun 24, 2022, at 7:21 PM, Anthony Pulse <inland14@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Okay so you need to use
>
>
$_list as return from scandir will be an indexed array, No?
I could ignore $key because it would be a integer I suppose.
But I also believe the syntax would be
foreach($_list as $key => $value).
This is the way I have been doing it.
>
> For($_list as $key => $value)
>
> {
>
> //code goes here
>
> //increments and comparisons by $value and $key
>
> }
>
>
>
> Sent from Mail for Windows
>
>
>
> From: JEFFRY KILLEN
> Sent: Friday, June 24, 2022 10:16 PM
> To: Anthony Pulse
> Subject: Re: I should know this by now (?)
>
>
>
> Thank you for the reference to array_keys.
> I used it as count(array_keys(array)) and did not have any better result.
> But that could be due to some other, yet unnoticed problem.
>
> What I am trying to do is to keep from having to recreate a resource every
> time a page loads.
>
> In the page there are mp3 files references. The script in the top of the page
> opens and reads a directory with the mp3 files. With that it writes to a javascript
> source file.
>
> So I have created a php script file with an index of the mp3 files. That is the associative
> array. I can loop through and find file in the directory that are also in the index file. IF
> the file count from scandir (minus skipped files) matches the file count in the index file,
> the javascript file and php index file should not be rewritten. The index file and the array
> from scandir will be different if the lengths do not match. That would be because an mp3
> file has been removed and/or added.
>
> private function mkChimeList()
> {
> $_list = scandir('chimes');
> require_once('chimes/chmIndex.php'); // contains $_chimes
> $_validated = 0;
> $_chimeList = [];
> $_indexList = [];
> for($_itr = 0; $_itr < count($_list); $_itr++)
> {
> switch($_list[$_itr])
> {
> case '..':
> case '.':
> case 'index.php':
> case 'chmIndex.php':
> break;
> default;
> if(isset($_chimes[$_list[$_itr]]))
> {
> $_validated++; //// incremented if the current item in $_list is found in the chimes array as a key.
> }
> $_chimeList[count($_chimeList)] = '"'.str_replace('.mp3', '', $_list[$_itr]).'":true';
> $_indexList[count($_indexList)] = '"'.$_list[$_itr].'"=>true';
> break;
> }
> }
> $_updated = 'false';
> if($_validated != (count($_chimes) - 4)) //// <<< here is the issue: this would mean that files were added and/or removed
> {
> @$_fileList = file_get_contents(self::$_chimeLib);
> if($_fileList)
> {
> $_updated = 'true';
> file_put_contents(self::$_chimeLib, 'const chimeList = {'.implode(', ', $_chimeList)."};\n");
> $_index = file_get_contents('chimes/chmIndex.php');
> file_put_contents('chimes/chmIndex.php', "<?php\n\$_chimes = [".implode(', ', $_indexList)."]; ?>");
> return ['error'=>false, 'updated'=>$_updated];
> }
> }
> return ['error'=>false, 'updated'=>$_updated];
> }
>
> At present it is always running the update code ($_updated == true)
>
> > On Jun 24, 2022, at 6:03 PM, Ed Greenberg <edg@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > You know, I have never wanted to count the number of key value pairs in an associative array. Nonetheless, after you try it on a known associative array, if it doesn't work try the array_keys function. That will return in an ordered array of the keys in your associative array. You can certainly count those.
> >
> > On Fri, Jun 24, 2022, 20:21 JEFFRY KILLEN <jekillen@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hello:
> >
> > Are associative arrays countable?
> >
> > I am trying to process the number of indexes in
> > an associative array and am having a real struggle
> > getting a proper comparison to an incremented numerical
> > variable.
> >
> > I have looked at the manual entry for count() and that is
> > what is sparking the question because I do not see that
> > associative arrays are explicitly countable.
> >
> > Thank you for time and attention
> > JK
>
>
> > On Jun 24, 2022, at 5:42 PM, Anthony Pulse <inland14@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > I would assume that using array_keys() would help
> >
> > Sent from Mail for Windows
> >
> > From: JEFFRY KILLEN
> > Sent: Friday, June 24, 2022 8:21 PM
> > To: php-general General List
> > Subject: I should know this by now (?)
> >
> > Hello:
> >
> > Are associative arrays countable?
> >
> > I am trying to process the number of indexes in
> > an associative array and am having a real struggle
> > getting a proper comparison to an incremented numerical
> > variable.
> >
> > I have looked at the manual entry for count() and that is
> > what is sparking the question because I do not see that
> > associative arrays are explicitly countable.
> >
> > Thank you for time and attention
> > JK
>
>
>
