Re: New syntax for multidimensional array loop with foreach

On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Christian Stoller <stoller@leonex.de> wrote: > Hi internals, > > during my current work I had an idea for shorter array iteration with foreach. I haven’t seen > such a syntax until now, but I think it is easy to understand ;-) > > Maybe you know the case where you have to iterate over all values of a 2D (or more) array: > > $count = 0; > foreach ($array as $key => $innerArray) { > foreach ($innerArray as $innerKey => $value) { > $count += $value; > // and do something with $key and $innerKey > } > } > > The new syntax could make it shorter and faster to write... but maybe it's a bit too > confusing? > > $count = 0; > foreach ($array as $key => $innerArray as $innerKey => $value) { > $count += $value; > // and do something with $key and $innerKey > } > > If the keys aren't needed, you can shorten it to: > > $count = 0; > foreach ($array as $innerArray as $value) { > $count += $value; > } > > What do you think? > > -- > Christian Stoller > LEONEX Internet GmbH Hi, Quick question, how would the engine then treat this case: $array = array(); $array['level1.1']['level2']['level3'] = 'value'; $array['level1.2'] = new StdClass(); foreach($array as $level1 as $level2 as $level3) { ... } Best regards ---- Florin Patan https://github.com/dlsniper http://www.linkedin.com/in/florinpatan