Advanced Array problems

[Anon]

Why doesn't this work?

$helpsection = "login";

$imagelist[$helpsection] = array("file"=>"tn_intial.jpg","alttext"=>"Phonebook");
$imagelist[$helpsection] = array("file"=>"tn_textinput.jpg","alttext"=>"Enter Name");

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$helpsection = "stock";
$imagelist[$helpsection][] = array("file"=>"figure1.gif","alttext"=>"Stock Level","space"=>4);
$imagelist[$helpsection][] = array("file"=>"figure2.gif","alttext"=>"Enter Part Number");

I was so proud that I had manage to keep track of my keys and values and indices, but now I think I am either lost or this is a limitation in PHP syntax!

I think the problem lies with
$imagelist["somename"][] = "What ever";
$imagelist["somename"][] = "Ever what";

Id does make sense though. What I am doing is that I am inserting a 2nd dimension array using automatic indices.

Ideas?

[Anon]

If I follow in your example, the following values would be set:

$imagelist["login"]["file"] == "tn_textinput.jpg"
$imagelist["login"]["alttext"] == "Enter Name"

$imagelist["stock"][0]["file"] == "figure1.gif"
$imagelist["stock"][0]["alttext"] == "Stock Level"
$imagelist["stock"][0]["space"] == 4
$imagelist["stock"][1]["file"] == "figure2.gif"
$imagelist["stock"][1]["alttext"] == "Enter Part Number"

$imagelist["somename"][0] = "What ever";
$imagelist["somename"][1] = "Ever what";

This is because your not using the [] auto indices on the "login" helpsection. Is that contributing to your problem, or are you getting a different error or result?

Chad

[Anon]

The only way i COULD solve it was by creating a 2nd array, where the 2nd dimension was \"auto indices\".
THEN, I created a new, single dimension array, using $helpsection as key and the 2nd array as value.
Took me a while to understand why, and now I go for \"dont-fix-if-it-aint-broke\".

Maybe I am wrong in my terminology of dimensions, but if
: myarray[x][y][z] has a value, isn\'t it then a 3 dimensional array?