Re: PHP Complex Data Structures

On 18 May 2005 01:28:07 -0000, wrote: >* Zzapper <david@tvis.co.uk>: >> I seem to remember that you access/use PHP data in the same/similar >> way to Perl data and that you can create complex data structures ie >> arrays of arrays, arrays of records etc. >> >> For once Google let me down so can any one point at any doc info. > >Did you try building any complex data structures? You could have whipped >out something to test pretty quickly. The quick answer is, 'Yes'. > >The longer answer is: cut-and-past the following into a script and see >what you get: > >$cds = array( > 'element1' => array( > 'string1', > 'string2', > 'string3' > ), > 'element2' => true, > 'element3' => array( > 'subelement1' => array( > array(1, 2, 3), > 2, > 3 > ) > ) >); >var_dump($cds); thx 4 various answers which also lead me to http://uk2.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php Example 11-11. Recursive and multi-dimensional arrays. I seem to remember from a previous life that you can operate directly on PHP data, I mean you don't have to use the PHP primitives. -- zzapper vim -c ":%s%s*%Cyrnfr)fcbafbe[Oenz(Zbbyranne%|:%s)[[()])-)Ig|norm Vg?" http://www.rayninfo.co.uk/tips/ vim, zsh & success tips