Re: Array funkiness

Sounds like you want to use array_values() Regarding the question, consider : $arr = array('a' => 'apple', 'b' => 'banana', 'cranberry'); $arr[] = 'dank'; Now, what is $arr[1] suppose to be, 'banana' or 'dank' ? In your scenerio it would be 'banana' when really it's 'dank'. Or, are you suggesting 'banana' to also be a value of $arr[3] ? See how it would get confusing? regards, Philip Olson On Thu, 11 Oct 2001, Boget, Chris wrote: > Consider the following: > > $myArray = array( "one", "two", "three" ); > for( $i = 0; $i < 3; $i++ ) { > echo $myArray[$i] . "<br>\n"; > > } > > The above is fine. > > $myArray = array( "one" => "1", "two" => "2", > "three" => "3" ); > for( $i = 0; $i < 3; $i++ ) { > echo $myArray[$i] . "<br>\n"; > > } > > why isn't the above working? Why can I not reference by element > number? Why do I have to reference by element name? > > while( list( $key, $value ) = each( $myArray )) { > echo "$key => $value<br>\n"; > > } > > Now this... I seem to recall a time when the above would have > echo'd out: > > 0 => one > 1 => two > 2 => three > one => 1 > two => 2 > three => 3 > > or something along those lines. But it's not. Why? > > I guess this all comes down to "Why can you not reference an > array by element numbers when it comes to associative arrays"? > This yields output: > > echo "Named: " . > $testArray["jt8ehty"]["September2001"]["declared"] . > "<br>\n"; > > while this does not: > > echo "Numbered: " . $testArray[0][0][1] . "<br>\n"; > > even though those are the correct elements... > What am I doing wrong? > > Chris >