Re: something like a C "struct" or "union" in PHP?

PHP does not have struct. You can do similar things with class or array. You probably interested in wddx serialize or serialize function to make it work your snippet. Regards, -- Yasuo Ohgaki ""Arne Borkowski (borko.net)"" <arne@borko.net> wrote in message news:NEBBKBGNJKHCFGAFLHOAOEKCEEAA.arne@borko.net... > Hi Folks, > > I want to do the following: > > > $f = fopen($filename", "r"); > > while( !feof($f) ) { > $len=1; > $RECSIZE=128 > > while($n=1;$n<=$len;$n++) > $data = fread($f, $RECSIZE); > > $rectype = $data[4]; > > switch($rectype) { > > case "A": $numARec++; > $len=1; > > // do something with the > // contents of $data > > break; > > case "C": $numCRec++; > $len=2; // at least! > > // do something with the > // contents of $data > > break; > > case "E": $numERec++; > $len=1; > > // do something with the > // contents of $data > > break; > } /* switch */ > > fclose($f); > > } /* while */ > > This snippet reads a data file in 128 bytes truncs > and needs to analyse the contents. As each 128 bytes > trunc has a certain structure (say: fields to access) > I would appreciate a thing like a C "struct" or so. > > In C I could eaysly read the RECSIZE bytes into a > struct and access certain bytes via a "named" part > of it. Is there anything similar to this in PHP? I > couldn't find a "struct" or so in the manual. The > site's search engine said 41 hits for "struct" in > the Web Site content, but didn't show the matching > docs?! I need help on "struct" from you guys! > > TIA > > -Arne > > > > -- > 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 >