Re: array_unique not always unique

You may want to check out libHtmlForm. You can easily do a pull down by simply passing it an array. The array keys are the value=""'s for the <option> tags and the array values the descriptions for each option tag. libHtmlForm can be found here: http://www.nirvani.net/software/libHtmlForm-1.0.0.php.asc Jeremy Brand :: Sr. Software Engineer :: 408-245-9058 :: jeremy@nirvani.net http://www.JeremyBrand.com/Jeremy/Brand/Jeremy_Brand.html for more Get your own Free, Private email at http://www.smackdown.com/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - At least for the people who send me mail about a new language that they're designing, the general advice is: do it to learn about how to write a compiler. --Dennis Ritchie On Fri, 15 Dec 2000 kris@grinz.com wrote: > Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 15:42:22 -0600 > From: kris@grinz.com > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: [PHP] array_unique not always unique > > Hi, I have a function I wrote recently which builds a pulldown menu. > Sometimes it builds a pulldown showing only unique values (which > is what I want), and sometimes it builds a pulldown with duplicate > values listed. Here is a sample data list (hand written based on sql > data) and which pulldowns are rendered properly. Also attached is > the script. Can someone tell me how to make this work all the > time? Currently, it only works about half the time. Its probably > something simple but not much docs on this that I could find. I > found one thing about this at > http://www.php.net/manual/function.array-unique.php by > jllamas@bal.com.mx but I dont understand it enough to use the > info to solve my problem. Thanks, Kris (everything u need is > below) > > data map (comma seperated "simulated sql output"): > > type=price data =$100.00, $200.00, $100.00, $100.00 > this renders properly with my function, showing unique values only. > > type=size data=19,19,19,19 > this renders improperly, showing 19 twice in the pulldown. > > type=bottommat data=blue,orange,red,blue > this renders properly, showing unique values only. > > type=topmat data=green,green,red,red > this renders improperly, showing each unique twice. > > type=frametype data=cherry,cherry,black,black > this renders improperly, showing each unique twice. > > // BEGIN CODE > $psqlhost="what.ever.com"; $psqldb="whatever"; > function GetPullDown($type){ > global $id, $name, $descript, $price, $size, $image, > $bottommat, $topmat, $frametype, $startid, $psqldb, $psqlhost, > $progname, $itemcheck; > $call="select $type from products"; > $db_connect=pg_connect("host=$psqlhost dbname=$psqldb"); > $result=pg_exec($db_connect, "$call"); > $rows=pg_numrows($result); > echo"<select name=\"$type\" size=1>"; > $x=0; > $sortmp=array(); > while($x<$rows){ > $arra=pg_fetch_array($result, $x); > $sortmp[$x]=$arra[0]; > $x++; > } > $final=array_unique($sortmp); > $finalcount=count($final); > $y=0; > while($y<$finalcount){ > if($final[$y]==""){ echo"&nbsp;"; } > else{ > if($final[$y]==${$type}){ > echo"<option selected>$final[$y]\n"; > } > else{ echo"<option>$final[$y]\n"; } > } > $y++; > } > echo"<option>Other\n"; > echo"</select>"; > } > echo"<table><tr><td > align=\"right\">Price:</td><td>"; > GetPullDown(price); > /* pricetag used if Other is selected on pulldown */ > echo"<input type=\"text\" name=\"pricetag\" > size=\"8\"> > </td></tr></table>"; > // END CODE > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net > >