hello all, hey Richard Quadling you are right... sorry man.. i just noticed that just now. Actually i missed th line self::getAllChildren($child,$levelcount,False); that you gave and thought it was a mistake...that y i updated the script...you can imagine the condition of a person who searched over 250 pages in internet for this.. :)....i haven't updated the pages yet.... thank you for the heads up.. i will take it as you gave... Midhun Girish On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Richard Quadling <rquadling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > 2009/12/4 Midhun Girish <midhungirish@xxxxxxxxx>: > > Hello , > > > > Richard Quadling thank you so much.. your trick worked... :) now its > > working.. heres the modified code... > > > > public function getAllChildren($node,$level,$firstCall=false) > >> > >> { > >> static $rootsarray=array(); > >> static $levelcount; > >> if($firstCall) { > >> $rootsarray=array(); > >> } > >> $levelcount=$level; > >> $child=self::getChild($node); > >> if($child==''||$levelcount==0) > >> { > >> return 1; > >> } > >> else > >> { > >> $levelcount--; > >> $rootsarray[]=$child; > >> self::getAllChildren($child,$levelcount,False); > >> } > >> return $rootsarray; > >> > >> } > >> > > > > and i call the function like : > > > > $nodearray=tree::getAllChildren('W1',10,true); > > > > > > Thank you so much for your support... > > > > Midhun Girish > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 3:18 PM, Richard Quadling < > rquadling@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > >> > >> 2009/12/4 Midhun Girish <midhungirish@xxxxxxxxx> > >> > > >> > Hello guys, > >> > I was trying to use a recursive function to do a tree traversal.. i > used > >> > a > >> > static array to store the nodes at each recursion.. The function works > >> > correctly if it is called only once during an execution.. but when i > >> > call it > >> > twice or more, the nodes get appended to the array...hers the var dump > >> > of > >> > the array... > >> > Three:Array ( [0] => W4 ) > >> > Two:Array ( [0] => W4 [1] => W3 [2] => W4 ) > >> > One:Array ( [0] => W4 [1] => W3 [2] => W4 [3] => W2 [4] => W3 [5] => > W4 > >> > ) > >> > > >> > I tried to reset() the array and all but not working..i am not able to > >> > chnage the index of the $rootsarray back to 0... the new elelnts are > >> > added > >> > at the end only...can anyone give me a push in the right direction?? > Im > >> > using PHP Version 5.2.9 in XAMPP... Hers the source... > >> > > >> > public function getAllChildren($node,$level) > >> > { > >> > static $rootsarray=array(); > >> > static $levelcount; > >> > $levelcount=$level; > >> > $child=self::getChild($node); > >> > if($child==''||$levelcount==0) > >> > { > >> > return 1; > >> > } > >> > else > >> > { > >> > $levelcount--; > >> > $rootsarray[]=$child; > >> > self::getAllChildren($child,$levelcount); > >> > } > >> > return $rootsarray; > >> > > >> > } > >> > > >> > Midhun Girish > >> > >> Of course. The array is static. So the content is maintained between > >> calls. > >> > >> You need to know when to initialize it. > >> > >> Something like ... > >> > >> public function getAllChildren($node,$level,$firstCall=True) > >> { > >> static $rootsarray=array(); > >> static $levelcount; > >> if($firstCall) { > >> $rootsarray=array(); > >> } > >> $levelcount=$level; > >> $child=self::getChild($node); > >> if($child==''||$levelcount==0) > >> { > >> return 1; > >> } > >> else > >> { > >> $levelcount--; > >> $rootsarray[]=$child; > >> self::getAllChildren($child,$levelcount,False); > >> } > >> return $rootsarray; > >> > >> } > >> > >> > >> -- > >> ----- > >> Richard Quadling > >> "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" > >> EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html > >> Zend Certified Engineer : > http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 > >> ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling > > > > > > Why did you change the default to False? This now requires _ALL_ calls > to the method to be amended. > > Unless you wanted to preserve the incorrect behaviour... > > Hmmm. BC is a PITA. > > > > -- > ----- > Richard Quadling > "Standing on the shoulders of some very clever giants!" > EE : http://www.experts-exchange.com/M_248814.html > Zend Certified Engineer : http://zend.com/zce.php?c=ZEND002498&r=213474731 > ZOPA : http://uk.zopa.com/member/RQuadling >