Re: Array question

No - PHP arrays aren't arrays in the traditional sense like you would find in C or Perl... it's more like Perl's hash (or associative array). It's just a set of key/value pairs. In some cases you would use numbes instead of alphanumeric labels but PHP treats it all the same way, basically. -dan Previously, Chris said: > Ok, > But can't the array still be refered to with a number? > So in myarray["something"] is the 50th element in the array, wouldn't: > > myarray[49] = myarray["something"] > > ? > > > > > On Thursday 15 February 2001 01:40, Chris wrote: > > > > > How do I get the index,number of an array if reffering to an array via > > > string? Ex: > > > I have 100 arrays, and I want to know what # myarray["something"] is. > > > > That element doesn't have an index number such arrays are implemented as > > hashes or trees, which don't store data at "fixed positions" (that's a > > > > very bad explanation, but, well...) > > The "index" is the "key" in this case - in your example it's > > "something". > > > > -- > > Christian Reiniger > > LGDC Webmaster (http://sunsite.dk/lgdc/) > > > > I saw God --------- and she was black. > > > > -- > > 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 > > > -- > 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 > -- Dan Lowe <dan@tangledhelix.com> http://tangledhelix.com/ If a man is standing in the middle of the forest speaking and there is no woman around to hear him... is he still wrong? -George Carlin