Problem with multidimensional array

[Georg Ringer]

Hi,

I've got a multidimensional array which looks like this:
$data[] = array('nname' => 'Auerbach', 'vname' => 'Berthold', 'uid' => 20);
$data[] = array('nname' => 'Bloch', 'vname' => 'Ernst', 'uid' => 24);
$data[] = array('nname' => 'Shaw', 'vname' => 'George Bernard', 'uid' =>19);
$data[] = array('nname' => 'Wilde', 'vname' => 'Oscar', 'uid' => 12);
$data[] = array('nname' => 'Wilder', 'vname' => 'Thornton', 'uid' => 38);
........

And I've got the following code, which splitts the last names (nname) =>
$az = array ('ABC','DEF','GHI','JKL','MNO','PQR','STU','VWX',' YZ');
$x = 0;
foreach($data as $name) {
if(substr($name[nname], 0,1) == substr($az[$x], 0,1) ||
substr($name[nname], 0,1) == substr($az[$x], 1,2) || substr($name[nname],
0,1) == substr($az[$x], 2,3)) {
if($az[$x] != $alt) {
echo "<br /><big><b>".$az[$x]."</b></big><br />";
$alt = $az[$x];
$x = $x + 1;

}
}
echo $name[nname].', '.$name[vname]."<br />";
}

You can see the problem here:
http://inside.eventshooters.com/typo...e/pi1/test.php

Kant, Immanuel => GHI
Waggerl, Karl Heinrich => STU
Wilde, Oscar => STU
Wilder, Thornton => STU

Where is my problem?
Please help me!
Many thanks!

georg

[Oli Filth]

Georg Ringer said the following on 17/06/2005 14:34:

Hi,

I've got a multidimensional array which looks like this:
$data[] = array('nname' => 'Auerbach', 'vname' => 'Berthold', 'uid' => 20);
$data[] = array('nname' => 'Bloch', 'vname' => 'Ernst', 'uid' => 24);
$data[] = array('nname' => 'Shaw', 'vname' => 'George Bernard', 'uid' =>19);
$data[] = array('nname' => 'Wilde', 'vname' => 'Oscar', 'uid' => 12);
$data[] = array('nname' => 'Wilder', 'vname' => 'Thornton', 'uid' => 38);
.......

And I've got the following code, which splitts the last names (nname) =>
$az = array ('ABC','DEF','GHI','JKL','MNO','PQR','STU','VWX',' YZ');
$x = 0;
foreach($data as $name) {
if(substr($name[nname], 0,1) == substr($az[$x], 0,1) ||
substr($name[nname], 0,1) == substr($az[$x], 1,2) || substr($name[nname],
0,1) == substr($az[$x], 2,3)) {
if($az[$x] != $alt) {
echo "<br /><big><b>".$az[$x]."</b></big><br />";
$alt = $az[$x];
$x = $x + 1;

}
}
echo $name[nname].', '.$name[vname]."<br />";
}

You can see the problem here:
http://inside.eventshooters.com/typo...e/pi1/test.php

Kant, Immanuel => GHI
Waggerl, Karl Heinrich => STU
Wilde, Oscar => STU
Wilder, Thornton => STU

Where is my problem?
Please help me!

Check the syntax for substr().
http://www.php.net/substr

--
Oli

[saintexupery]

aparently the line " echo $name[nname].', '.$name[vname]."<br />";"
it's outside the if statement :S

[Georg Ringer]

> aparently the line " echo $name[nname].', '.$name[vname]."<br />";"

it's outside the if statement :S

but why is the record Kant, Immanuel at the wrong place??? because of this
you mentioned?

georg

[Georg Ringer]

> Check the syntax for substr().

http://www.php.net/substr

What is not correct?

[Oli Filth]

Georg Ringer said the following on 17/06/2005 15:04:

Check the syntax for substr().
http://www.php.net/substr

What is not correct?

The third argument should be *length*, not end position.

--
Oli

[saintexupery]

sorry. it has nothing to do with the if statement.
u hve a bad syntax in substr().

the last parameter should always be 1 (in this case that is)
substr($az[$x], <N>,1)

[Norman Peelman]

"saintexupery" <cr***************@gmail.com> wrote in message
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aparently the line " echo $name[nname].', '.$name[vname]."<br />";"
it's outside the if statement :S

Which is ugly in itself... try:

echo "$name[nname], $name[vname]<br/>";

instead...

Norm
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[Daniel Tryba]

Norman Peelman <np******@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

aparently the line " echo $name[nname].', '.$name[vname]."<br />";"

Which is ugly in itself... try:

echo "$name[nname], $name[vname]<br/>";

Which is considered bad code:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/languag...es.array.donts

[Norman Peelman]

"Daniel Tryba" <pa**********@invalid.tryba.nl> wrote in message
news:42***********************@news6.xs4all.nl...

Norman Peelman <np******@cfl.rr.com> wrote:

aparently the line " echo $name[nname].', '.$name[vname]."<br />";"

Which is ugly in itself... try:

echo "$name[nname], $name[vname]<br/>";

Which is considered bad code:

http://www.php.net/manual/en/languag...es.array.donts

Look alittle farther down the page under 'More examples to demonstrate
this fact:' and you will see:

// The following is okay as it's inside a string. Constants are not
// looked for within strings so no E_NOTICE error here
print "Hello $arr[fruit]"; // Hello apple

// With one exception, braces surrounding arrays within strings
// allows constants to be looked for
print "Hello {$arr[fruit]}"; // Hello carrot
print "Hello {$arr['fruit']}"; // Hello apple

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Norman
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