Re: [chiPHPug-discuss] A PHP Array question

[Richard L. <ce...@l-...>]

Just catching up on email and...

First off, it really should be in a database that you search and sort.

Using PHP to do that is almost always a sign of a bad architectural
decision...

You might even toss the data into sqlite just to have sane way to
search/sort it.

That said, if the array is "small" iterating through is fine

But if the array is big, you could probably use some kind of
http://php.net/usort on the array and then a binary search on the time
frame in question to find the answer quicker than an iteration.

On Fri, November 14, 2008 12:18 pm, 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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