note 52138 added to function.array

If you need, for some reason, to create variable Multi-Dimensional Arrays, here's a quick function that will allow you to have any number of sub elements without knowing how many elements there will be ahead of time. Note that this will overwrite an existing array value of the same path. <?php // set_element(array path, mixed value) function set_element(&$path, $data) { return ($key = array_pop($path)) ? set_element($path, array($key=>$data)) : $data; } ?> For example: <?php echo "<pre>"; $path = array('base', 'category', 'subcategory', 'item'); $array = set_element($path, 'item_value'); print_r($array); echo "</pre>"; ?> Will display: Array ( [base] => Array ( [category] => Array ( [subcategory] => Array ( [item] => item_value ) ) ) ) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+52138 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52138&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52138&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52138&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52138&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52138&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+52138&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php