Re: traversing multi-dimensional arrays

blackwater dev wrote: > What is the best way to do this? I have two arrays: > > $cars=array("ford","chevy"); > > $models=array("ford"=>array("ranger","escape"),"chevy"=>array("malibu","tahoe")); > > then I need to traverse both arrays: > > foreach ($cars as $car){ > //now I need to get into the models array and echo out all of the > models that > //coincide with the specific car so it should print > out ford-ranger > //I basically want to do this but can't > //how can I get into this second array without looping > through the whole thing each time? > foreach($cars[$car] as $model){ You were very close: foreach ($models[$car] as $model){ Note that everybody else's post that you shouldn't even NEED/USE the $cars array was correct -- unless you've got some other reason to keep it around and you *DO* need it, for reasons too complicated to put in the original email. > > } > > } -- Like Music? http://l-i-e.com/artists.htm