Re: Creating an Associative Array

Not quite following your code completely. For instance, where does array(3601) come from? Your loop is putting and array into an slot in another array. I think what you are trying to do is just put a value in a named slot, like this: for($counter = 0; $counter <= 3600; $counter++) {

      $dateArray[ array(date("Y.m.d H:i:s", $now - $counter) ] =  (int)ceil(980 - ($counter * .2333333333333)));

} That should give you the output you are looking for. On Jun 8, 2005, at 5:04 PM, dpgirago@mdanderson.org wrote:

This question will probably be off-topic for some, but it does relate to a database application so please bear with me. I'm pulling date-times out of a MySQL db: mysql> select date_format(date_time, '%Y.%m.%d %H:%i:%s') as rightNow from location1 order by date_time desc limit 1; +----------------------------+

| rightNow                     |

+----------------------------+ | 2005.06.08 14:24:11 | +----------------------------+ 1 row in set (0.00 sec) then trying to create an associative array where the date-time is the key and a value, corresponding to a pixel location on a graph, is computed using an algorithm like this: (int)ceil(980 - ($counter * .2333333333333)); (see below) This code snippet is producing an array of arrays rather than a simple associative array: <?php $now = time(); //$dateArray = array(); (output is the same with or without this line) for($counter = 0; $counter <= 3600; $counter++) {

      $dateArray[] = array(date("Y.m.d H:i:s", $now - $counter) =>

(int)ceil(980 - ($counter * .2333333333333))); } ?> output: array(3601) { [0]=> array(1) { ["2005.06.08 15:50:17"]=> int(980) } [1]=> array(1) { ["2005.06.08 15:50:16"]=> int(980) } [2]=> array(1) { ["2005.06.08 15:50:15"]=> int(980) } [3]=> array(1) { ["2005.06.08 15:50:14"]=> int(980) } [4]=> array(1) { ["2005.06.08 15:50:13"]=> int(980) } [5]=> array(1) { ["2005.06.08 15:50:12"]=> int(979) } [6]=> array(1) { ["2005.06.08 15:50:11"]=> int(979) } [7]=> array(1) ... What I need is output like this: array(3601) { ["2005.06.08 14:52:56"]=> int(980)

                  ["2005.06.08 14:52:55"]=> int(979)
                      ["2005.06.08 14:52:54"]=> int(978)
                      ["2005.06.08 14:52:53"]=> int(977)
                  etc....
                    }

so that I can search for a pixel value given a certain time value within the past hour. I hope this makes sense and that someone can see the error in code. I'm using php 4.3.7, but I see that php 5.x has an array_combine function that would do the trick. Maybe will have to upgrade. David (obviously not ready for the Zend Exam) -- Brent Baisley Systems Architect Landover Associates, Inc. Search & Advisory Services for Advanced Technology Environments p: 212.759.6400/800.759.0577