accessing array data inside of an array

[bill]

I want to extract the name of the photo uploaded.

print_r of $_FILES yields:
Files: Array ( [picture] =Array ( [name] =>
DSC_1802-saoirse-riona.jpg [type] =image/jpeg [tmp_name] =>
/tmp/phpJTspHZ [error] =0 [size] =76096 ) )

so we have an array with one element, picture, that contains an
array with an index, name, with a value of DSC_1802-saoirse-riona.jpg

I get the correct value when I:
$pic_name = $_FILES['picture']['name'];
echo $pic_name

however when I use:

echo "<br />pic_name = $_FILES[picture][name]";

I get:
pic_name = Array[name]

Why does the echo with the array reference not work while the
assignment does ?

bill

[ZeldorBlat]

On Nov 18, 10:13 am, bill <[e-mail]:

I want to extract the name of the photo uploaded.

print_r of $_FILES yields:
Files: Array ( [picture] =Array ( [name] =>
DSC_1802-saoirse-riona.jpg [type] =image/jpeg [tmp_name] =>
/tmp/phpJTspHZ [error] =0 [size] =76096 ) )

so we have an array with one element, picture, that contains an
array with an index, name, with a value of DSC_1802-saoirse-riona.jpg

I get the correct value when I:
$pic_name = $_FILES['picture']['name'];
echo $pic_name

however when I use:

echo "<br />pic_name = $_FILES[picture][name]";

I get:
pic_name = Array[name]

Why does the echo with the array reference not work while the
assignment does ?

bill

Put quotes around your array keys:

$_FILES['picture']['name']

[bill]

ZeldorBlat wrote:

On Nov 18, 10:13 am, bill <[e-mail]:

>I want to extract the name of the photo uploaded.

print_r of $_FILES yields:
Files: Array ( [picture] =Array ( [name] =>
DSC_1802-saoirse-riona.jpg [type] =image/jpeg [tmp_name] =>
/tmp/phpJTspHZ [error] =0 [size] =76096 ) )

so we have an array with one element, picture, that contains an
array with an index, name, with a value of DSC_1802-saoirse-riona.jpg

I get the correct value when I:
$pic_name = $_FILES['picture']['name'];
echo $pic_name

however when I use:

echo "<br />pic_name = $_FILES[picture][name]";

I get:
pic_name = Array[name]

Why does the echo with the array reference not work while the
assignment does ?

bill

Put quotes around your array keys:

$_FILES['picture']['name']

That, unfortunately, generates the dreaded:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE,
expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in...

bill

[Rik Wasmus]

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 16:47:17 +0100, bill <no****@spamcop.netwrote:

ZeldorBlat wrote:

>On Nov 18, 10:13 am, bill <[e-mail]:

>>I want to extract the name of the photo uploaded.

print_r of $_FILES yields:
Files: Array ( [picture] =Array ( [name] =>
DSC_1802-saoirse-riona.jpg [type] =image/jpeg [tmp_name] =>
/tmp/phpJTspHZ [error] =0 [size] =76096 ) )

so we have an array with one element, picture, that contains an
array with an index, name, with a value of DSC_1802-saoirse-riona.jpg

I get the correct value when I:
$pic_name = $_FILES['picture']['name'];
echo $pic_name

however when I use:

echo "<br />pic_name = $_FILES[picture][name]";

I get:
pic_name = Array[name]

Why does the echo with the array reference not work while the
assignment does ?

bill

Put quotes around your array keys:
$_FILES['picture']['name']

That, unfortunately, generates the dreaded:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ENCAPSED_AND_WHITESPACE,
expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or T_NUM_STRING in...

Look at complex (curly) syntax:
<http://nl2.php.net/manual/en/language.types.string.php#language.types.string.pa rsing>

echo "<br />pic_name = {$_FILES['picture']['name']}";
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[Toby A Inkster]

bill wrote:

echo "<br />pic_name = $_FILES[picture][name]";

echo "<br />pic_name = {$_FILES[picture][name]}";

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[Rik Wasmus]

On Sun, 18 Nov 2007 18:05:32 +0100, Toby A Inkster
<us**********@tobyinkster.co.ukwrote:

bill wrote:

>echo "<br />pic_name = $_FILES[picture][name]";

echo "<br />pic_name = {$_FILES[picture][name]}";

define('picture','oops');
define('name','wrong');
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[Toby A Inkster]

Rik Wasmus wrote:

define('picture','oops');
define('name','wrong');

I know, I know, but I wanted to keep the code as similar as possible to
the OP's.

Besides which, it's not normal to define lower-case constants.

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[Toby A Inkster]

Toby A Inkster wrote:

Besides which, it's not normal to define lower-case constants.

And people who do so are not normal. They have something wrong with them
in their head. Just thinking about the idea makes me feel icky.

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[bill]

Toby A Inkster wrote:

bill wrote:

>echo "<br />pic_name = $_FILES[picture][name]";

echo "<br />pic_name = {$_FILES[picture][name]}";

Rik and Toby
Thanks, something new to learn.

bill

[Rik Wasmus]

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:34:23 +0100, Toby A Inkster
<us**********@tobyinkster.co.ukwrote:

Rik Wasmus wrote:

>define('picture','oops');
define('name','wrong');

I know, I know, but I wanted to keep the code as similar as possible to
the OP's.

Then again, why correct just one mistake and not the other?

Besides which, it's not normal to define lower-case constants.

Very true indeed.
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