Re: Split Weirdness.

Nick Davies wrote: > Why does this work : > > $categorySplit = split(",", $row['category']); > > while (list($key, $value) = each ( $categorySplit )) { > $categoryArray["$value"] = 1; > } > > But this not : > > while (list($key, $value) = each ( split(",", $row['category']) )) { > $categoryArray["$value"] = 1; > } > > I keep getting "Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded" errors. $categorySplit contains an array, while split(",", $row['category']) creates a new array. In your second example, you are creating a new array every time that the while loop runs. This makes the loop condition always true, so the loop runs til PHP exceeds the max allowed run time. --zak