Re: REPOST: converting multiple URL values for the same variable into an array

Kurt, You might have some luck with adding [], I seem to remember that making arrays for form posts, so it might do gets too... http://myhost/playlist.pls?song[]=100&song[]=101&song[]=102 and if you always end up with an array using [], you might change the condition to count($song) > 1 or something for: > if ( is_array( $song ) ) { > else { > } Good Luck -Garth --- http://www.northern.ca On Mon, 16 Jul 2001 20:03:50 -0700 "Kurt Lieber" wrote: > I posted this late on Sunday afternoon, so it may have been overlooked. > I haven't figured it out yet, so I'm reposting in the hopes someone can > help. Thanks. > > ------------------------------- > > I'm modifying some code for ampache (ampache.kveton.com) and have run > into a snag that I'm not sure I understand completely. > > Part of the code produces a URL similar to the following: > > http://myhost/playlist.pls?song=100&song=101&song=102 > > and $song then gets passed to this function: > > function get_song_path_from_id ( $song ) { > GLOBAL $dbh, $db_name; > > $songs = ''; > $count = 0; > > if ( is_array( $song ) ) { > while ( list($k,$v) = each($song) ) { > //does some cool stuff > } > } > else { > //does some other stuff > } > return ($songs); > } > > So, am I correct in assuming that $song will never be considered an > array? (basically, given the above code and URL, $song will always equal > 102) > > I'm new to PHP, and since I didn't write the original code, I'm not sure > if this is a bug, or something that I just don't fully understand. > Assuming it is a bug, can anyone offer some suggestions on how to take > the URL and parse it out and input the values into an array called > $song? > (get_song_path_from_id() is used by several other parts of the code, so > any modifications to that code would need to leave the rest of the > functionality > intact) > > Thanks. > > --kurt > > P.S. If anyone is looking for a simple, easy-to-use (and set up) mp3 > manager, I highly recommend ampache. It doesn't have a bunch of bells & > whistles (which I don't want) -- it simply provides a simple, effective > way to manage playlists and play your mp3 songs from anywhere. > > > -- > 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 >