array

Hi;
I got two arrays which is first_array and second_array,
i want to keep the elements which in second_array and the first latter do not start with a,k,c,m,d,e,f,g.
so i just want to keep 'pppa','yyyyk','zzjjj' for the second_array,could anyone tell me how do that, please, thanks


$first_Array=('a','k','b','c','m','d','e','f','g')

$second_Array=('ahhh','kggg','bhjj','ctert','msd','dgx','efd','fffd','gdf','pppa','yyyyk','zzjjj')

Depends on if you want to do it the lazy way or not ;)
This way would require a global call:


function removeMatchFirst($item)
{
global $first_Array;
$bResult = false;
if(is_string($item))
{
$firstChar = substr($item, 0, 1);
if (!in_array($firstChar, $first_Array))
{
$bResult = true;
}
}
return $bResult;
}

$second_array = array_filter($scondArray, 'removeMatchFirst');


Another (probably better I guess) solution would be to use an array_walk. It takes some work to force an additional parameter in as a reference, but it can be done.

sorry, where you call to the fuction removeMatchFirst with parrmata with item ？？

$second_array = array_filter($scondArray, 'removeMatchFirst');
^
Called Here

there are nothing i can print out ？？？ bit strange

$first_Array=array('a','k','b','c','m','d','e','f','g');
$secondArray=array('ahhh','kggg','bhjj','ctert','msd','dgx','efd','fffd','gdf','pppa','yyyyk','zzjjj ');

function removeMatchFirst($item)
{
global $first_Array;
$bResult = false;
if(is_string($item))
{
$firstChar = substr($item, 0, 1);
if (!in_array($firstChar, $first_Array))
{
$bResult = true;
}
}
return $bResult;
}

$second_array = array_filter($secondArray, 'removeMatchFirst');
print_r($second_Array);

there are nothing i can print out ？？？ bit strange

$first_Array=array('a','k','b','c','m','d','e','f','g');
$secondArray=array('ahhh','kggg','bhjj','ctert','msd','dgx','efd','fffd','gdf','pppa','yyyyk','zzjjj ');

function removeMatchFirst($item)
{
global $first_Array;
$bResult = false;
if(is_string($item))
{
$firstChar = substr($item, 0, 1);
if (!in_array($firstChar, $first_Array))
{
$bResult = true;
}
}
return $bResult;
}

$second_array = array_filter($secondArray, 'removeMatchFirst');
print_r($second_Array);

Do you mean that its not printing anything?

$second_array = array_filter($secondArray, 'removeMatchFirst');
print_r($second_Array);

$second_array should be either $second_array or $second_Array. There is a case difference in the 'a'.

Thanks, but why it it does not work for non english letter, it give me not correct result.

Array ( [0] => 万 [1] => 与 [2] => 丑 [3] => 专 [4] => 业 [5] => 是万 [6] => 的与 [7] => 飞丑 [8] => 人专 [9] => 任业 )


$first_Array=array('万','与','丑','专','业');
$secondArray=array('万','与','丑','专','业','是万','的与','飞丑','人专','任业');


function removeMatchFirst($item)
{
global $first_Array;
$bResult = false;
if(is_string($item))
{
$firstChar = substr($item, 0, 1);
if (!in_array($firstChar, $first_Array))
{
$bResult = true;
}
}
return $bResult;
}

$second_Array = array_filter($secondArray, 'removeMatchFirst');
print_r($second_Array);

I'll fix it when I get home and can write some code.
The problem is likely that its the unicode charset thats killing it. I'm thinking substr fetches 0 and 1 on byte counts and not character counts. I find out how to fix it later.

ok, thanks for your time.

Ok, try this:

function removeMatchFirst($item)
{
global $first_Array;
$bResult = true;
if (is_string($item))
{
$iInArr = count($first_Array);
for ($i = 0; $i < $iInArr && $bResult; ++$i)
{
if (mb_strpos($item, $first_Array[$i]) === 0)
{
$bResult = false;
}
}
}

return $bResult;
}


Hopefully someone else has more experience with the mbstring library to find an easier way to do this.

Thanks a lot, it does work now, thanks for your time again.