Whats wrong with the Hash smash...opps...array_merge

s_shrum

Ok...I'm ok with calling HASHES associative arrays (if that's what you want to call them in PHP). However I am having a problem that must be right in front of me and I just keep missing it.

Here is the error:

Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_VARIABLE in g:\websites\shrum.php\template.php on line 30

Here is line 30:

$ini_array = array_merge( $root_array, $child_array );

$root and $child arrays are (really HASHES) elements that I constructed from INI files (no...not with parse_ini_file since that parser doesn't like '=' in the values).

Any ideas on why this error is being generated?

TIA

Sean Shrum

ednark

without seeing you whole code i cant say.. but your use of those new fangled associative arrays seems fine...

there is no parse error on the line you have posted... however if you forgot a ; on a line above it.. the error will not show up intil the next line...

i think the $ini_array is the unexpected variable.. becuase it was expecting a ; instead

so make sure all you statements have a ; first.. if that isn't the prob.,.. then please give more info

s_shrum

Ah! The missing trailing ';' on the line above.

That takes care of the error message, however...

Now the problem is that the array_merge() function seems to only see the values in the latter array arguement:

$total_array = array_merge ( $root_array, $user_array );

$total_array then only contains the entries that were in the $user_array. I wrote a bit of debugging code to confirm that both arrays (root and user) contained various values and they are populated with various differings keys and values.

Any ideas as to why it's dropping the $root_array?

TIA

Sean Shrum

ednark

if your intent is to imple append one array onto the other
you should simply use the + opperator

im not sure if thats what you intended or not.

array_merge should not be used to append arrays to each other, dispite the confusing explaination of the function

$result = $array_1 + $array_2;

[man]print_r/man is the simplist way to see whats in an array

array merge clobbers the first array with values from the second...

and it works for me, so im assuming there is a flaw in your code logic somewhere. but how you explain

confirm that both arrays (root and user) contained various values and they are populated with various differings keys and values.

shows that you have a good understanding of the problem and what the correct output should be

s_shrum

Yes...I want to smash one array over another...I am trying to get the keys and values in $user_array to overwrite those in $root_array.

I tried that way back in the beginning:

$total_array = $root_array + $user_array;

What I am seeing is, after defining both arrays with elements, I do the above call. When I print out the total_array contents all I see is the values from the first array in the statement (in this case: $root_array). If I switch the order to:

$total_array = $user_array + $root_array;

all I get is the $user_array contents.

Any more suggestions?

Thanx so far

Sean Shrum