multi-dimentional arrays

[troublemaker]

I have an array in PHP 3 that I build like this;

$var_list[$i] -- first level
$var_list[$var_list[$i] ][$j] --2nd level
$var_list[$var_list[$var_list[$i] ][$j]][$k] --3rd level

I use loops as follows..

for ($i=0; $i < count1; $i++ ) {
$var_list[$i] = $theval;
for ($j=0; $j < count1; $j++ ) {
$var_list[$var_list[$i] ][$j]=$anyval;
for ($k=0; $k < count1; $k++ ) {

$var_list[$var_list[$var_list[$i] ][$j]][$k]=$someval;

     }
 }

}

The problem is the $k value in the inner loop always appears to be "0" so I never get a past the 0 row of the 3rd level & my values over-write each other..

Any ideas??

[dannys]

It would probably be helpful if you gives us an idea of what your code is supposed to do.

[troublemaker]

I am trying to build an array that I use for drop-down boxes & navigation

It works fine for any value of 0->0->n->n->

socks->size1->cotton->red
0->0>->0->0

However, the problem arises with value x, the x value always writes to position 0. I have confirmed this by retreiving values from the array using;

echo ".$var[$var[$var[0]][0]][0]. " and
echo ".$var[$var[$var[0]][0]][1]. "

They both echo the same value "Nylon"..

0->0->x->n

level0--
level1--
level2
level3--

socks-0
size1-0
cotton-0
red-1
blue-2
nylon-1
red-0
blue-1
green-2
size2-1
cotton-0
red-1
blue-2

Shoes-0

[Frag]

Why don't you use a class object? It would be much simpler to handle the data.

Frag

[troublemaker]

I found an answer......

Put the different values in different arrays..

$bob1[$i]
$bob2[$i][$j]
$bob3[$i][$j][$k]

etc.........

For some reason PHP did not seem capable of handling the math to build an array if it got past $k>0.....

Works like a charm.