array mapping

[Anon]

Hi guys,

I have one file whose job is to map error codes to a specific string:

function mapStatusCode($msg_id)
{
static $authCod=Array(
"1010"=> "Error1",
"1020"=> "Error2.",
);

return $authCod[$msg_id]);
}

Here is I am calling mapStatusCode with a error code #
#include('msg.inc');
function A()
{
// $msg[0] might contain 1010, 1020
echo mapStatusCode($msg[0]);
}

But echo never displays anything!!

If in the mapStatusCode($msg_id), I explicitly set $msg_id=1020, it works!

Do you know what the problem is?

Thanks a lot!

[spaceboy]

Try printing the value of $msg[0] before calling the mapStatusCode() method to see that you are actually sending the correct parameter information.

Roberto

lz wrote:

Hi guys,

I have one file whose job is to map error codes to a specific string:

function mapStatusCode($msg_id)
{
static $authCod=Array(
"1010"=> "Error1",
"1020"=> "Error2.",
);

return $authCod[$msg_id]);
}

Here is I am calling mapStatusCode with a error code #
#include('msg.inc');
function A()
{
// $msg[0] might contain 1010, 1020
echo mapStatusCode($msg[0]);
}

But echo never displays anything!!

If in the mapStatusCode($msg_id), I explicitly set $msg_id=1020, it works!

Do you know what the problem is?

Thanks a lot!

[Anon]

Actually, here is what I do:

echo $msg[0]; //prints 1010
mapStatusCode($msg[0]);

Thats why I am confused why doesn't it work for me!

[mistcat]

so just to clarify you do this:

$msg[0] = "1010";

function A() {

echo $msg[0];
$bob = mapStatusCode($msg[0]);
echo $bob;

}

function mapStatusCode($msg_id) {
blah blah blah

return $error_msg;
}

??? Is this right?

[leon_zilber]

Nate,

seems to be right, and for some reason if I initialize msg_id inside of the function it works fine.....

[mistcat]

ok well you probably have a scoping problem then. try declaring the $msg[0] as a global variable inside function A.

i.e.
function A() {
global $msg[0];

mapfuncitonthingy($msg[0]);