Do you mean something like this:
http://www.weberdev.com/get_example-4065.html
It creates a quick associative array from the resultset
Bastien
From: "Ryan Jameson (USA)" <RJameson@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <php-db@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Variable Variable Array Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:56:16 -0700
Hi Folks,
I've been using "variable variables" for years with PHP.
$var = "myVarName"; $$var = "Some Val";
echo $myVarName; //outputs "Some Val"
... Today I am trying to assign an Associative Array value to a "variable variable". For some reason it doesn't take. Does anyone know why?
Example:
$var['first']='bob'; $var['second']='frank';
$varName = "myVarName"; $$varName = $var;
echo $$varName['second']; //should output "frank" but doesn't. :-\ <----------------------------- echo $var['second']; //should output "frank" works fine.
The reason I want to do this is to speed up access to DATABASE query results by use of the associative array. Since the results are keyed on a specific column I'd like to load the very small recordset and then access each row associatively on that column value. Currently I have to requery the database every time, which is faster than loop/testing the whole result set each time. I'd use a hashtable in Java but PHP ain't Java. If ne1 has a better way I'm game.
Thanks for your help. <>< Ryan
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