note 47608 added to function.compact

Use the following piece of code if you want to insert a value into an array at a path that is extracted from a string. Example: You have a syntax like 'a|b|c|d' which represents the array structure, and you want to insert a value X into the array at the position $array['a']['b']['c']['d'] = X. <? function array_path_insert(&$array, $path, $value) { $path_el = split('\|', $path); $arr_ref =& $array; for($i = 0; $i < sizeof($path_el); $i++) { $arr_ref =& $arr_ref[$path_el[$i]]; } $arr_ref = $value; } $array['a']['b']['f'] = 4; $path = 'a|b|d|e'; $value = 'hallo'; array_path_insert($array, $path, $value); /* var_dump($array) returns: array(1) { ["a"]=> &array(1) { ["b"]=> &array(2) { ["f"]=> int(4) ["d"]=> &array(1) { ["e"]=> string(5) "hallo" } } } */ ?> Rock on Philipp ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.compact.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+47608 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47608&report=yes Reason: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47608&report=yes&reason=bad+code Reason: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47608&report=yes&reason=spam Reason: useless example -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47608&report=yes&reason=useless+example Reason: contains commercial links -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47608&report=yes&reason=contains+commercial+links Reason: useless note -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+47608&report=yes&reason=useless+note Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+47608&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php