Re: nulling out an array

From: Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 15:21:14 +0000
Subject: Re: nulling out an array
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Marc Swanson, > Hello, > > I have an array that I want to destroy/null after each iteration of a while > loop. essentially I'm pulling data from a database and I am running some > calculations that I need to clear after each loop. What would really be > cool is if I could find a way to declare the array local to the inside of > the loop so it would go out of scope on block exit (each trip through the > loop), but I notice that PHP seems to only do this in the case of > subroutines. What is the best way to accomplish what I am doing? I tried > setting the array = -1 at the beginning of the loop, but that causes an > error when I try to treat it as an array later. Using unset on the array might help you in this instance. http://www.php.net/manual/function.unset.php -- Øyvind Grønnesby "Wow, I had knowledge!" --Buffy

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