Re: changing a key in an array

If you are looking for something as simple as an index or key rename function it can be done and without making any copies of the array or object etc by: $array['new_key_name'] =& $array['old_key_name']; unset($array['old_key_name']; The first line creates a reference to the array. The second line removes the first reference without removing the second. See this for more info: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.references.unset.php Regards, Jason k Larson David T-G wrote:

Brent, et al -- ...and then Brent Baisley said... % % I had to do something like this not to long ago. Luckily it hit me that % I shouldn't be changing keys, you don't do it in a database, so you % really shouldn't do it in an array. Hmmm... Good point. % I ended up adding a "column" to my array that contained the name. Then I % didn't need to change keys and it worked just as well, and easier. Can you show me how? Currently I have Array

    (
      [a1] => Array
        (
          [k1] => value1
          [k2] => value2
        )
      [a2] => Array
        (
          [k1] => value1
          [k2] => value2
        )
    )

and now I'll want to add a 'name' thingie (I daren't call it a column :-) so that I can change it at will ... but where and how do I add it? Thanks & TIA & HAND :-D