Re: Hashes

Thanks, Your assumptions were correct, I'll give that a try. I ended up doing this which doesn't seem as efficient: $item_array = array('Mens Ring' => m_r, 'Mens Charm' => m_c, 'Womens Ring' => w_r, 'Womens Charm' => w_c ); while (list($val, $key) = each($item_array)){ if ($key == $item){ $item_text = $val; } } echo $item_text; Thanks again, Robert ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Loff" <matt@willetts.com> To: "'Robert Weeks'" <robert@woozy.com>; <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 4:26 PM Subject: RE: [PHP-DB] Hashes > > Robert-- > > You're on the right track... I'm assuming $row is the result of a > mysql_fetch_assoc() call, and $row['item'] contains the hashed value > (either "m_r", "m_c", or whatever)... Try this: > > <?php > > $item_list = array('Mens Ring' => m_r, 'Mens Charm' => m_c, > 'Womens > Ring' => w_r,'Womens Charm' => w_c); > > #query db and get a result snipped > > echo $item_list[$row['item']]; > > ?> > > Good luck, > Matt > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Weeks [mailto:robert@woozy.com] > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2001 11:27 AM > To: php-db@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP-DB] Hashes > > > I'm trying to use a hash to translate a value into something human > readable. I know how to do this with an if-else but that seems like a > waste of typing. > > I have a bunch of items in the db and their values are abbreciations > such as 'm_r'. I want m_r to show on the page as "Mens Rings". I was > trying to do it like this but echo $item returned "Array": > <?php > > #query db and get a result snipped > > $item = $row[item]; > > $item = array('Mens Ring' => m_r, 'Mens Charm' => m_c, 'Womens > Ring' => > w_r,'Womens Charm' => w_c); > > echo $item; > > ?> > > Any help would be appreciated. > > thnx, > > robert > > > >