Re: two dimensional array or two arrays?

Your $categoryarry is a 2d array, try : print_r($categoryarry); But, I think you want to do : $categories = array('Sasheen','Tom','Fred'); Now, if you do this : while(list($key,$value) = each($categories)) { print "$key : $value\n"; } You'll get : 0 : Sasheen 1 : Tom 2 : Fred Could also define your array like so : $categories = array('a' => 'foo', 'b' => 'bar'); Which, if run through our loop above, will give us : a : foo b : bar See? Play with it a bit, it'll start to make more and more sense. Regards, Philip On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Tom Beidler wrote: > I have some code I use to create pulldown menus. It's as follows; > > $categoryarry = > array("","1","2","3","4","5"); > while (list($key,$value) = each($categoryarry)) { > if ($value == $srch_cat) { > $cat_option .= "<option > value=\"$value\"selected>$value</option>\n"; > } else { > $cat_option .= "<option > value=\"$value\">$value</option>\n"; > } > } > > It works fine when the pulldown value and displayed text are the same, ie. > > <option value="John">John</option> > > But now I would like to change so the value is different then what's > displayed in the menu, ie. > > <option value="1">John</option> > > I've never used two dimensional arrays but I thought it might be what I need > to look into. Or should I have to arrays and use one for the value and the > other for the item displayed in the pulldown menu. > > Any help appreciated. > > Thanks, > Tom > > > -- > 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 >