Re: How to force an associative array

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It looks like you have not declared and intialized $_k before using it

> if (($_pos = stripos($_the_header,$_head_reqd[$_k])) !== false)

I believe you should declair it and initialize it in a higher scope like so:

$_k = 0;
> if (($_pos = stripos($_the_header,$_head_reqd[$_k])) !== false)

You are also not incrementing $_k that I can see

> On Jan 22, 2023, at 2:20 PM, John Iliffe <john.iliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I have an application where the members (by name) of an associative array are
> not known until run time.  I have been unable to force the member names to the
> correct name, what I get is a single addition to the array with the name 0,
> indicating that this is being created with the elements numbered. All added
> members of the array disappear except the last one added.
> 
> $_head_array = array("start"=>"start");
> 
> if (($_pos = stripos($_the_header,$_head_reqd[$_k])) !== false)
>        {
>         if ($_pos < 3)
>           {
>            $_name = substr($_head_req[$_k],0,-1);      // knock off ':'
>            $_head_array[$_name] = $_the_header;      
>           }
>        }
> 
> ... etc
> 
> What this is doing is iterating through $_head_reqd (a list of header names) to
> find out if $_the_header is one of these.  If so, it is added to the associative
> array $_head_array.  I set up $_head_array with a first element "start"=>"start"
> to force (as I thought) an associative array.
> 
> What results (as displayed by print_r):
> 
> -----------selected headers--------
> Array
> (
>    [start] => start
>    [0] => Subject: 876543
> )
> ----------end of selected headers-----
> 
> Several hits preceding "Subject" are not recorded even though they were selected
> initially, and the last line SHOULD read "[Subject] => Subject: 876543"
> 
> How can I force the proper element names?
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> John
> ======




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