Re: Finding a value in an array
| From: | Justin Patrin | Date: | Fri, 23 Jul 2004 03:39:52 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Finding a value in an array | ||
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On Thu, 22 Jul 2004 23:34:56 -0400, charles kline <ckline@rightcode.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am using fgetcsv() to get a tab delimited text file into an array. It
> gives me an array in this format:
>
> Array
> (
> [0] => Array
> (
> [0] => 97
> [1] => Effects of Slow Heating Rates on Products of
> Polyethylene Pyrolysis
> )
>
> [1] => Array
> (
> [0] => 103
> [1] => Effect of Heating Rate of Oxidative Degradation of
> Polymeric Materials
> )
>
> [2] => Array
> (
> [0] => 106
> [1] => Identification and Differentiation of Synthetic
> Polymers by Pyrolysis Capillary Gas Chromatography
> )
> )
>
> From a form, I am passing in some values from checkboxes like:
>
> <input type="checkbox" name="notes[]" value="97" />
> <input type="checkbox" name="notes[]" value="106" />
>
> I need to be able to display the description string in the array for
> whichever checkboxes are checked. So for example if the user submits
> the form with the value "106" I want to display "Identification and
> Differentiation..."
>
> Any ideas? Please copy me on replies.
>
Just loop through and check...
foreach($csvArray as $entry) {
if(in_array($entry[0], $_REQUEST['notes'])) {
echo $entry[1].'<br/>;
}
}
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