RE: [PHP] Speaking of Global Annoyance

Jonathan Sharp writes: > Well...you're correct, you can return them as long as you have a fixed > number of elements...but if you have a function that returns an array with n > elements...it's quite hard to use the list() function...it's not quite as > easy as what I said before... > > function ReturnArray(){ > $Array = array(n, n1, nn); > return $Array; > } > > $Array = ReturnArray(); > > That won't work...so if you're not returning a fixed number of elements, > it's a pain in the dajubuiti... > > -Jonathan Say what? The following works for me. Returning arrays is something I've had code doing for a long time. Why do you think it doesn't work? <?php error_reporting(E_ALL); mt_srand((double) microtime() * 1000000); function foo() { $num_elems = mt_rand(1, 20); $retval = array(); for ($i = 0; $i < $num_elems; $i++) { $retval[] = "Dummy element: $i"; } return $retval; } $arr = foo(); echo "Got " . count($arr) . " elements back.\n"; while (list($key, $val) = each($arr)) { echo "Key: $key; Value: $val\n"; } ?> > -----Original Message----- > From: php3@developersdesk.com [mailto:php3@developersdesk.com] > Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 6:44 PM > To: Jonathan Sharp; php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: RE: [PHP] Speaking of Global Annoyance > > > Addressed to: "Jonathan Sharp" <webdev@flyerware.com> > <php-general@lists.php.net> > > ** Reply to note from "Jonathan Sharp" <webdev@flyerware.com> Mon, 18 Dec > 2000 15:51:19 -0800 > > > > but it's kinda hard to > > return arrays since you can't just do "return $thearray;" and then on > > the other end "$anarray = somefunction();" > > > Yes you can. > > > ------------------------------------------------ > <? > > function ReturnArray() { > > $Array = array( 1, 2, 3 ); > return $Array; > > } > > $AnotherArray = ReturnArray(); > > list( $One, $Two, $Three ) = $AnotherArray; > > > echo "One: $One Two: $Two Three: $Three<BR>\n"; > > > ?> > ------------------------------------------------ > > > Returns: > > One: 1 Two: 2 Three: 3 > > > > function ReturnArray() { > > return array( 1, 2, 3 ); > > } > > would do the same thing. > > > > > function ReturnComplex() { > > > return array( array( 'Entry[1][1]', > 'Entry[1][2]', > 'Entry[1][3]' ), > array( 'Entry[2][1]', > 'Entry[2][2]', > 'Entry[2][3]' ), > array( 'Entry[3][1]', > 'Entry[3][2]', > 'Entry[3][3]' )); > } > > will work too. > > > > $ReturnValue = ReturnComplex(); > > echo $ReturnValue[2][3]; // Entry[2][3] > > > > > > > Rick Widmer > Internet Marketing Specialists > http://www.developersdesk.com > > > > -- > 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 > -- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ |Torben Wilson <torben@php.net> Netmill iTech| |http://www.coastnet.com/~torben http://www.netmill.fi| |Ph: 1 250 383-9735 torben@netmill.fi| +----------------------------------------------------------------+