Arrays and dynamic allocation

[james_kirk]

Hi. I'm trying to dynamically allocate an array in php. Here is an example:
<?php
$name = 'Smith';
$harry = 'Harry';
$Margo = 'Margo';
$num1 = '1';
$num2 = '2';

$isLike[$name] = array($harry => $num2, $Margo => $num1);

//is basically the following and works…
//$isLike[''Smith'] = array('Harry' => 2, 'Margo' => 1);

//However I want to allocate the keys dynamically at page load through an array…
//So the following data could be represented dynamically..

$isLike['Brown'] = array('George' => 2, 'Barry' => 3, 'Sally' => 1);
$isLike['Harris'] = array('Millicent' => 2, 'Florence' => 3, 'Dorothy' => 1);
$isLike['Faversham'] = array('Hans' => 2, 'Wilhelm' => 3, 'Lisa' => 1);

//So I need something like this:

myArray = array();

myArray[0]='Brown';
myArray[1]='George';
myArray[2]='2';
myArray[3]='Barry';
myArray[4]='3';
myArray[5]='Sally';
myArray[6]='1';

//etc.

//Then I want to do something like this:

For($i = 0; $i < sizeof($myArray); $i++){
$isLike[$i]=array(isLike[$i+1] => $isLike[$i+2],$isLike[$i+3]=>$isLike[$i+4], $isLike[$i+5] =>$isLike[$i+6]);
}

//I need to use array keys as strings like above and don't want to use numbers to allocate array locations. Please someone help me before I go completely mad…

?>

[dalecosp]

Do you want variable variables?
BTW, I think "[e-mail]" wouldn't be bad, either, eh?

[james_kirk]

Looks like all I needed to do was create the array empty and use push and pop. Found it all by looking at variable variables...thanks for that.

I kinda did this:

<?php

$name = 'Smith';
$harry = 'Harry';
$Margo = 'Margo';
$num1 = '1';
$num2 = '2';

function addArray(&$array, $key, $val)
{
$tempArray = array($key => $val);
$array = $array + $tempArray;
}

$isLike[$name] = array();

addArray($isLike[$name],$harry,$num2);
addArray($isLike[$name],$Margo,$num1);

//which can be run through a loop and dynamically allocated giving me...

$isLike[''Smith'] = array('Harry' => 2, 'Margo' => 1);
?>

Thought I'd post in appreciation of a great community forum..you guys saved my hash more times than 1!

Oh as for [e-mail]....that one don't come [e-mail] does from mail.com....