note 52419 added to ref.array

Handy function to walk through an array to get an offset with a given path. <?php function &array_path(&$array, $path) { if(!is_array($array)) { trigger_error('array_path(): First argument should be an array', E_USER_WARNING); } settype($path, 'array'); $offset =& $array; foreach ($path as $index) { if (!isset($offset[$index])) { trigger_error("Undefined offset: $index"); return false; } $offset =& $offset[$index]; } return $offset; } $a = array( 1 => array( 2 => array( 3 => 'hi' ) ) ); echo array_path($a, array(1, 2, 3)); $ref =& array_path($a, array(1, 2)); $ref = array('hello'); ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.array.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+52419 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52419&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52419&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52419&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52419&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52419&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+52419&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php