[Resolved] Need help with custom array function

[AcousticJames]

Okay, so I have a function I'm trying to write that takes an array of n values. If the number of values is even, then I simply call array_chunk() to split them into two different arrays. But, if the number of values is even, then I still need two arrays. array_chunk won't do that, so I need to do it myself. What I'm doing is this (code will follow): First I pop the last value off the array and stick it into a variable. Then I get the count / 2 of the resulting array and array_chunk() it. What I'm trying to do next is tag on the popped value onto the end of the second of the array_chunks. Here's the code:

function splitArray($array)
{
   if ((count($array) % 2) != 0) { // odd number of values
      $oddVal = array_pop($array);

  $count = count($array) / 2;
  $chunkArray = array_chunk($array, $count);

  // this is the line giving me an error
  $chunkArray[1] = $oddVal;

  $finalArray = array("pool1" => $chunkArray[0], "pool2" => $chunkArray[1]);
   }
   else {
      // simply call array_chunk on the array in the middle as above, filling the final array with each resulting array
   }
}

What am I doing wrong? The error this is giving me is a Parse error: parse error, unexpected ',' in /arraytest.php on line 14 (line 14 is the line where I'm assigning the popped value to the second chunkArray).

Any help would be awesome. Thanks!

James

[Weedpacket]

C:\>php -l test.php
No syntax errors detected in test.php

C:\>

But why not just round up?

$array = array(1,2,3,4,5);
$n = ceil(count($array)/2);
$chunked_array = array_chunk($array, $n);
print_r($chunked_array);

[AcousticJames]

Originally posted by Weedpacket

C:\>php -l test.php
No syntax errors detected in test.php

C:\>

But why not just round up?

$array = array(1,2,3,4,5);
$n = ceil(count($array)/2);
$chunked_array = array_chunk($array, $n);
print_r($chunked_array);

[/B]

Uhhh, yeah. Hehe, cuz that would be too easy, and I have a bad habit of making things harder than they need to. Thanks. [insert sheepish looking smilie here]

James