Multi-Dimensional Arrays

[Chad Lupkes]

Hoping someone can help me here. It's a simple question, but I'm just not
getting it.

I have two files:

<?php
$precinct = array (
array ( number=>2324,
centerlat=>-122.31705665588379,
centerlong=>47.710367959402525,
etc...

<?php
include ("precinctdata.php");
$filename = $_GET['id'];
$number = $precinct[filename-1][number];
etc...

I want to assign the value of "2324" to the variable $number. I've done
this with arrays that start with number=>1, 2, 3, etc., but not successfully
with specific values.

What am I missing?

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[Jerry Stuckle]

Chad Lupkes wrote:

Hoping someone can help me here. It's a simple question, but I'm just not
getting it.

I have two files:

<?php
$precinct = array (
array ( number=>2324,
centerlat=>-122.31705665588379,
centerlong=>47.710367959402525,
etc...

<?php
include ("precinctdata.php");
$filename = $_GET['id'];
$number = $precinct[filename-1][number];
etc...

I want to assign the value of "2324" to the variable $number. I've done
this with arrays that start with number=>1, 2, 3, etc., but not successfully
with specific values.

What am I missing?

Try
$precinct = array (
array ('number'=>2324,
'centerlat'=>-122.31705665588379,
'centerlong'=>47.710367959402525,
...
$number = $precinct[$filename-1]['number'];
^ ^ ^

filename is a variable so it needs a $. number is a string, so it needs single
quotes. The same is true when you're creating the array.

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[Geoff Berrow]

I noticed that Message-ID:
<Ch**************@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net > from Chad Lupkes
contained the following:

$precinct = array (
array ( number=>2324,
centerlat=>-122.31705665588379,
centerlong=>47.710367959402525,
etc...

<?php
include ("precinctdata.php");
$filename = $_GET['id'];
$number = $precinct[filename-1][number];
etc...

You haven't created an associative array.

The array key can be a number, as you have used before, or a string. If
you use a string you don't get a number as well. The only thing you
could do in this instance is assign the array to another array with
numerical indices.

eg
foreach($precinct as $value){
$precinct_num[]=$value;
}

then

$filename = $_GET['id'];
$number = $precinct_num[$filename-1];

However, I suggest you look at the overall logic of what you are trying
to do.

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[chadlupkes]

Hi Geoff,

Ok, what I'm trying to make happen is that when people type in or click
on a link that takes them to precinctmap.php?id=2324, it will pull the
data necessary to draw a map of that precinct. In the other arrays
that I have built similar to this, I have used numerical values
starting with 1. For example, in Washington State we have 9
Congressional Districts, 49 Legislative Districts and 39 Counties.
Each of the scripts that pull from these arrays work fine, because I'm
able to use array values of 0-8, 0-48 and 0-38 with the 'filename-1'
reference.

For the application I am trying to create now, the precinct numbers
start at 1281, and skip/jump up to 3423. It's not a sequential set of
numbers. There are 224 of them, so I could create the array and
display script to use key values of 0-223 if I have to, but I'd rather
be able to call the specific data I need based on the precinct number
instead of an arbritary number that only works when I know the key
value. That's why I'm trying to use strings.

I know a database might be a better way of doing this, but I have yet
to get a good understanding of how to use databases, so I'm trying to
work with what I know.

Does that description help? I've been trying to find a tutorial page
that explains how to call string values from arrays, but I can't find
one that I really understand.

Chad

[JDS]

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:23:26 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote:

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[Geoff Berrow]

I noticed that Message-ID:
<11**********************@g43g2000cwa.googlegroups .com> from chadlupkes
contained the following:

Does that description help? I've been trying to find a tutorial page
that explains how to call string values from arrays, but I can't find
one that I really understand.

Ah yes gotcha. You want the precinct number to be the key to another
array. Try this:

$precinct = array(
2324=> array (
centerlat=>-122.31705665588379,
centerlong=>47.710367959402525,
)
);
print $precinct[2324]['centerlat'];
//prints -122.31705665588379
print"<br>";
print $precinct[2324]['centerlong'];
//prints 47.710367959402525
I have a very basic tutorial here
http://www.ckdog.co.uk/phpcourse/3_arrays_and_loops.doc
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[Jerry Stuckle]

JDS wrote:

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 23:23:26 -0500, Jerry Stuckle wrote:

JDS Computer Training Corp.

Those are my initials!

Mine, too! :-)

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[Shelly]

"chadlupkes" <ch********@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:11**********************@g43g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...

Hi Geoff,

Ok, what I'm trying to make happen is that when people type in or click
on a link that takes them to precinctmap.php?id=2324, it will pull the
data necessary to draw a map of that precinct. In the other arrays
that I have built similar to this, I have used numerical values
starting with 1. For example, in Washington State we have 9
Congressional Districts, 49 Legislative Districts and 39 Counties.
Each of the scripts that pull from these arrays work fine, because I'm
able to use array values of 0-8, 0-48 and 0-38 with the 'filename-1'
reference.

For the application I am trying to create now, the precinct numbers
start at 1281, and skip/jump up to 3423. It's not a sequential set of
numbers. There are 224 of them, so I could create the array and
display script to use key values of 0-223 if I have to, but I'd rather
be able to call the specific data I need based on the precinct number
instead of an arbritary number that only works when I know the key
value. That's why I'm trying to use strings.

I know a database might be a better way of doing this, but I have yet
to get a good understanding of how to use databases, so I'm trying to
work with what I know.

Does that description help? I've been trying to find a tutorial page
that explains how to call string values from arrays, but I can't find
one that I really understand.

Chad

How about rather than the_array[$i], using the_array["$i"]? The index is
then a string rather than a number. You will only have the 224 elements,
but their names can be "1281" or "3423". This seem like the simplest
solution to you problem.

Shelly