Re: [chiPHPug-discuss] A PHP Array question

[Steve G. <sg...@wc...>]

Thanks, Jason.

If traversing the array is the best way to go, then I suppose that'll be
fine.  I appreciate the code example!

Steve


On 11/14/08 12:32 PM, "Jason Rexilius" <ja...@ho...> wrote:

> off the top of my head, I dont know of any other way than traversing the
> array..  something like:
> 
> $aln=count($arToday);
> $rec=0;
> $found=0;
> $title='';
> $currenttime=[however you want to construct this];
> 
> while($rec<$aln){
>  if( $arToday[$rec]['starttime']==$currenttime ){
>   $found=$rec;
>   $title=$arToday[$rec]['title'];
>   $rec=$aln; // skip rest of loop
>  }
>  $rec++;
> }
> 
> that was just typed without testing, so beware typos ;-)..
> 
> there _may be_ some better multi-dimensional array index function built
> in to PHP but it would, in essence do the same as above..
> 
> 
> 
> Steve Gadlin wrote:
>> Hey there, PHP-folks!
>> 
>> I have an array question, and I was hoping someone here could point me in
>> the right direction.
>> 
>> So I¹ve got this array, see...
>> 
>> $arToday[0][³title²] = ³Patty Duke²
>> $arToday[0][³starttime²] = 12:00:00
>> $arToday[1][³title²] = ³Sesame Street²
>> $arToday[1][³starttime²] = 12:30:00
>> ...
>> ...
>> Etc.
>> 
>> Is there an easy way for me to ³query² this array to snag the index of the
>> record whose starttime variable is current?  Thereby selecting the name of
>> the program that may be airing ³now²?
>> 
>> Thanks so much for your help!  If there¹s some other list I should be
>> posting questions to instead of this one, let me know.
>> 
>> Steve
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