RE: [PHP] Using array_search I get error

Richard Kurth wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Stut [mailto:stuttle@gmail.com] > Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2007 2:53 PM > To: Richard Kurth > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: [PHP] Using array_search I get error > > Richard Kurth wrote: >> This array comes from $_REQUEST of all data submitted >> >> $array='Array ( [id] => 17 [takeaction] => saveCustomFields [notes] >> => >> -- Feb 4, 2007 @ 9:16 PM --fdsfdsfsdfdsfsfsfds -- Feb 4, 2007 @ 9:21 >> PM --fdfdsfsdffsd -- February 11, 2007, @ 9:31 PM -- This is a tes -- >> February 14, 2007, @ 10:10 PM -- jhafjhfa afjahfajfhda >> kasjdaksdhADSKJL [firstname] => NANCY [lastname] => ADKINS [phone2] >> => > [address1] => 25 ALWARD CT. >> [address2] => [city] => MARTINSVILLE [State] => AK [other] => [zip] >> => >> 24112 [country] => US [date18] => 03-13-2007 [text19] => test1 >> [text20] => [rating] => 0 [status] => Active )'; when I use >> array_search to find date18 >> >> $key = array_search('date18', $array); // $key = 1; >> >> I get Wrong datatype for second argument How come the array is wrong >> datatype isn't a array an array or am I using this wrong > > $array is a string, and array_search is expecting an array, so it's correct. > Where did you get that "array"? > > -Stut > > This array comes from $_REQUEST of all data submitted from a form Yeah, you said that in your first post. What I meant was where did it come from? What you have there is the output from print_r($_REQUEST). How exactly are you getting that string? Why are you creating it as a literal array rather than using $_REQUEST directly? What you have there is the output from print_r($_REQUEST). How exactly are you getting that string? Why are you creating it as a literal array rather than using $_REQUEST directly? -Stut This is for saving data from custom fields created by the user I don't know what they are named so I can't use $_REQUEST[name] to pull them from the array. I am submitting a form to a script that will search thru the array and find the fields that are in there date18 text19 text20 these are user custom fields that I do not know what they are named. I what to compare what is in the array with a database table and if they match then save the information in the array for that item to the database.