still problems with arrays

[pelegk2]

1i have this array :
<?php
$lstOpenRounds ===
Array
(
[0] => 006
[1] => 97
[2] => 1
[3] => 012
[4] => 162
[5] => 1
[6] => 012
[7] => 163
[8] => 1
[9] => 019
[10] => 160
[11] => 2
[12] => 019
[13] => 158
[14] => 1
)
?>[/code]
and i do :
PHP:

<?php
array_search ($row_orders_round['region_id'],$lstOpenRounds);

?>

where $row_orders_round['region_id']=="002"
and i recive the 11 inde!!!!!
but in 11 index its "2" and not "002"
what is going on here?
thnaks i nadvane
peleg

[Installer]

PHP is designed to do automatic typecasting. When you search the array for a string and all the function finds are integers, PHP will cast the string to an integer value. In this case "002" casts to the integer 2. You can check the validity of the match like this:

$key = array_search($row_orders_round['region_id'], $lstOpenRounds);
if ($1stOpenRounds[$key] === $row_orders_round['region_id']) {
{
    throw_hands_up_jubilantly();
} else {
    echo 'Type mismatch';
}

hth

[pelegk2]

as an array with string elements like this :
while($row=mysql_fetch_array($result)){
array_push($1stOpenRounds,"".$row['myVal1']);
array_push($1stOpenRounds,"".$row['myVal2']);
array_push($1stOpenRounds,"".$row['myVal3']);

}

[litebearer]

Check the types of your search variable and your database values

Checking Data types
We have already done this in example 2 and 3! The gettype() function, takes as it's argument the variable that we want to check, and returns a string of the type of variable. The general syntax is:

[$strVarType]=gettype([variable name])

And $strVarType will contain the string 'integer', 'string', 'double', etc.

SOURCE: http://www.hypermedic.com/php/variables.htm

If your database variable is a string, then make sure your search variable is also a string OR you will continue to get undesired results. (a numeral to be kept as a numeral should/can not be padded with zeros - when you pad with seros you are effectively making it a string)

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