Re: How to use a variable variable in an array walk?

Anyone? :-( is my description too unclear? On 11.12.2011, at 11:25, Nils Leideck wrote: > this is my first post to the PHP general list. > I have an issue with a variable variable > (http://php.net/manual/en/language.variables.variable.php) > > My use case: > > I have an array called $myArray. The structure is as following: > > array(1) { > ["user_interface"]=> > array(1) { > ["design"]=> > array(1) { > [“my_colors"]=> > array(5) { > ["item_number_one"]=> > string(6) "red" > ["item_number_two"]=> > string(40) > '["user_interface"]["design"]["my_colors"]["item_number_one"]' > } > } > } > } > > As you can see, the item_number_one has no direct color value assigned but the structure of the > path to item_number_one in the $myArray variable. I tried with array_wal_resursive. During this step > (the array building is completed) I want to find these values (I use a static value in my example, > in the real code I will use regular expressions) and assign the value of the virtually related item > to the considered item. > > So in my example above, I want to have the following values after the process is done: > > $myArray[user_interface][design][my_colors][item_mumber_one] = red; // this is item number 1 > $myArray[user_interface][design][my_colors][item_mumber_two] = red; // this should be item > number 2 > > The second issue here is, how do I evaluate at which point the process is exactly, because the > value and the key that is transferred to the function by array_walk_recursive has only the value > itself but not array path to the current item. > > Any idea how get this done? Or am I too complicated maybe? > > I tried several combinations of ${$var}, $myArray{$var}, {$myArray}{$var} ... and many more. > > Any help is much much appreciated! Cheers, Nils -- http://webint.cryptonode.de / a Fractal project