Re: Can't get my head around this problem...

From: Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 01:26:57 +0000
Subject: Re: Can't get my head around this problem...
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Perhaps...? $x = 0; while ($x < 7) { if (!isset($myArray[$x])) { $myArray[$x] =0; } } -Szii ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tyrone Mills" <t_mills@telus.net> To: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 3:58 PM Subject: [PHP-DB] Can't get my head around this problem... > Hello all... > > I've got what is probably a stupid question, it's a problem I can't seem to > get my head around it. Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > I'm pulling a count of connections from a MySQL database and the day of the > week it occurred on. Now the result set doesn't include empty values, so if > there were connections on only 2 days, I only get 2 rows returned, if there > were connections on 4 days, I get 4 rows returned. You get the idea... > > Here is the PHP code I am using the get the data: > > $sql = "SELECT COUNT(*), (DAYOFWEEK(dialer_login_date) -1) AS DAYOFWEEK FROM > dialer_login WHERE dialer_id = $dialer_id AND > WEEK(date_format(dialer_login_date, '%Y-%m-%d'),0) = WEEK('$last_week',0) > GROUP BY DAYOFWEEK"; > > $result = db_query($sql); > > while ($daily_count = db_fetch_array($result)) > { > > $lastweek[] = $daily_count["COUNT(*)"]; > $day[] = $daily_count["DAYOFWEEK"]; > > } > > For the sake of this question, let's say that there were connections on only > 2 days, so we get a result set with 2 rows. Something like this: > > COUNT(*) DAYOFWEEK > 8 2 > 3 4 > > That's great, but I need the array $lastweek to have the value 8 in element > 2 and the value 3 in element 4 and all other elements (0,1,3,5,6) as zero. > As it sits, they are in elements 0 and 1 respectively. > > I get this: > > $lastweek[] = 8,3 > > I need this: > > $lastweek[] = 0,0,8,0,3,0,0 > > Now I've written all manner of wild and wonderful loops that iterate through > either $lastweek or $day and try and build a proper array. Invariably > something doesn't work right. I'm sure I'm grossly over complicating this, > but I am at my wits end. Any thoughts or ideas are most welcome. > > Thanks!! > > Tyrone Mills > ____________________________________________________ > UNIX is user-friendly, it's just picky about who its friends are... > > > > > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-db-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-db-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net

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