Re: associative arrays

go Rasmus go! :-) Some more examples and we seriously can extend zend.com/apidoc . Such examples are of great value to anyone who is new to writing php extension. - Markus On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 02:14:01AM -0700, Rasmus Lerdorf wrote : > Ah, ok. It's not much harder: > > pval *tmp_arr; > > array_init(return_value); > MAKE_STD_ZVAL(tmp_arr); > array_init(tmp_arr); > add_assoc_string(tmp_arr, "string index", "foo", 1); > zend_hash_index_update(Z_ARRVAL_P(return_value), 5, &tmp_arr, sizeof(tmp_arr), NULL); > > This will create $whatever[5]['string index'] = 'foo' > > Or if you want a string index at the top level: > > zend_hash_update(Z_ARRVAL_P(return_value), "bar", strlen("bar")+1, > &tmp_arr, sizeof(tmp_arr), NULL); > > This will create $whatever['bar']['string index'] = 'foo'; > > -Rasmus > > On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Thomas Wentzel wrote: > > > Uhhh sorry! > > > > What I should have said is that... The associative array I wish to > > return is to be an array element of .... an associative array ;) > > Meaning... I need the functionality of add_assoc_array but since > > this function doesn't exist - I have to manipulate with the > > zend_hash_xxx in order to get what I want - but I fail to connect > > my constructed array with a name... > > > > Rasmus Lerdorf wrote: > > > > > > > I was wondering if someone would be so nice as to post a code > > > > snippet that returns an associative array... I'm writing an > > > > extension and am only able to return an ordinary array... > > > > Alternatively I would be very interested if someone could > > > > point me to some documentation on the zend_hash_xxx functions > > > > > > array_init(return_value); > > > add_assoc_string(return_value, "string index", your_char_var, 1); > > > add_assoc_double(return_value, "another one", your_long_var); > > > > > > That's all. Last arg on add_assoc_string() should be 1 if you need to > > > make a copy of the string. If the char * you are passing was allocated by > > > you using emalloc() then don't make a copy. > > > > > > You don't need any zend_hash_xxx functions to just return an associative > > > array. > > > > > > -Rasmus > > > > > > > > > -- > PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-dev-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-dev-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net -- Markus Fischer, http://guru.josefine.at/~mfischer/ EMail: mfischer@guru.josefine.at PGP Public Key: http://guru.josefine.at/~mfischer/C2272BD0.asc PGP Fingerprint: D3B0 DD4F E12B F911 3CE1 C2B5 D674 B445 C227 2BD0 -All your scripts are belong to Zend-