another array problem

[jassh]

hi guys..
wow.. this week, i've been having fun in experimenting with array
ya know.. as a noob.. it is really fascinating what this array thing can do..

ok... here's the latest thing that puzzles me..

$my_array = array('apple', 'lemon', 'bananas');

foreach ($my_array as $fruits) {

  echo $fruits;
  echo "<BR>";

}

now, this will output the following:

apple
lemon
bananas

My question is : Why isnt THIS working???

$fruit_array = " 'apple', 'lemon', 'bananas' "
$my_array = array($fruit_array);

foreach ($my_array as $fruits) {

  echo $fruits;
  echo "<BR>";

}

Any Idea guys???

Thanks in advanced!!

cheers;
-jassh

[tuf-web_co_uk]

you have an expected ';' at the end of line 1 😛

you didnt finish the var

[jassh]

$fruit_array = " 'apple', 'lemon', 'bananas' " ;
$my_array = array($fruit_array); 

foreach ($my_array as $fruits) { 

  echo $fruits; 
  echo "<BR>"; 

}

okay... i completed the ; 😉

now.. still not working..

tuf-web.co.uk:
what do you mean by "you didnt finish the var"???
care to explain??

[tuf-web_co_uk]

just the code without the ; its incomplete

err i dont think you can have an array in a variable loaded into an array!

i checked the manual for arrays and on none of the example script was what your looking for, so i suggest sticking to your first method!

$my_array = array('apple', 'lemon', 'bananas'); 

foreach ($my_array as $fruits) { 

  echo $fruits; 
  echo "<BR>"; 

}

[Weedpacket]

Apart from a missing semicolon, which I guess is just a typo, what $my_array ends up being is an array with one element; that element being the string " 'apple', 'lemon', 'bananas' ".

If you're interested, you can see what's inside any variable using var_dump().

[jassh]

yeah,, i checked too...
(so i wont get the ever famous RTFM rant ;P)

but although the FM doesnt tell me whether there is a way around it..
my logic senses tells me that it would possibly be done..

any array guru out there??
Cgraz? Weedpacket? Tsinka? anybody?

[Weedpacket]

The question is: "do what"?