RE: [PHP] Need routine to tell me number of dimensions in array.

On Mon, 2010-03-15 at 17:23 -0700, Daevid Vincent wrote: > Oh. I know it's not a simple solution to do right Ashley. And exacerbated > by the fact that each array dimension can have different dimensions as > well. This is why I wanted someone else's solution first before I spend > hours or days on one that works reliably. :) > > > _____ > > From: Ashley Sheridan [mailto:ash@ashleysheridan.co.uk] > Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 4:44 PM > Subject: Re: [PHP] Need routine to tell me number of dimensions in array > > The only way to do it reliably would be to iterate the entire array, > element by element, as all the elements of an array might not necessarily > be all of the array type or int's. > > Best way I can think of is to iterate the entire thing and keep a count as you do. I'm not aware of any functions that can do what you need there. Thanks, Ash http://www.ashleysheridan.co.uk