Referencing second dimension of 2d array

[Dalsor]

The answer to this may be right under my nose, but to save me, I can't seem to see it. I currently have a one dimensional array which I would like to expand into a 2d array.

$warArray[0][] = 'Blah0', NULL;
$warArray[1][] = 'Blah1', NULL;
$warArray[2][] = 'Blah2', 'Data';

For the life of me, I can't figure out how to loop through the $warArray using the 1st dim, and return the 2nd dim if the 2nd dim's value isn't a null string.

Hopefully this makes sense. Been kicking the code so long I don't think it will, though. Something like...

PHP Code:

for ( $x = 0; $x < $maxArrayLength; $x++ )
{
  if ( $warArray[$x]->[2ndDimension] != NULL )
    echo $warArray[$x]->[2ndDimension];
} 


I don't think I'm using the NULL comparison correctly, but it's the closest thing to a C equivalant I can think of. If string[0]->[] is 0x0. I'm pretty sure the pointer reference isn't valid, either, but again, it's the closest thing I can think of. I'm trying to find if the 2nd dimension contains actual data so it can be printed.

Someone once told me PHP was a lot like C, to which I responded hey, it should be easy to learn!

[firepages]

Hi , I am a bit unsure what you mean with your array structure... do you mean

$var[0][blah1]=array('val1','val2'); etc ??

or just as below ??

<?
$warArray[0][blah0] = 'something';
$warArray[1][blah1] = '';
$warArray[2][blah2] = 'something else';


while(list($key,$var)=each($warArray)){
foreach($var as $v){
if($v){
echo "$v<br />";
}else{
echo "\$warArray[$key] has no value<br />";
}}}
?>

[firepages]

or this works if you meant the [][]=array etc

lol - it also depends on what you mean as NULL , NULL or an empty string ? i.e......

PHP Code:

<?
$warArray[0][] = array('Blah0', ''); 
$warArray[1][] = array('Blah1', NULL); 
$warArray[2][] = array('Blah2', 'Data'); 

while(list($key,$var)=each($warArray)){
 foreach($var as $v){
  if(!is_null($v[1])){
   echo "2nd dimension of \$warArray[$key][] is $v[1]<br />";
  }else{
   echo "2nd dimension of \$warArray[$key][] has no  value<br />";
  }}}
?>

note how only the NULL array item shows as 'empty', but change
(!is_null($v[1])){
for
($v)){ //same as 'isset($v)'
and the first 2 arrays show up as empty

[Dalsor]

You rock, Fire.

This did the job perfectly.

Just to make sure I understand, it's the $v[1], where 1 refers to the 2nd dimension in the array?

PHP Code:

<?
$warArray[0][] = array('Blah0', NULL); 
$warArray[1][] = array('Blah1', NULL); 
$warArray[2][] = array('Blah2', 'Data'); 

while(list($key,$var)=each($warArray)){
 foreach($var as $v){
  if(!is_null($v[1])){
   echo "2nd dimension of \$warArray[$key][] is $v[1]<br />";
  }else{
   echo "2nd dimension of \$warArray[$key][] has no  value<br />";
  }}}
?>

[firepages]

yep $v[0] would be the 'blah$x' and $v[1] the value.

Hopefully in Zend2/next major PHP release should have easier and more direct methods of accessing multi-dimensional arrays by treating them as objects, but still waiting on that!