[RESOLVED] Arrays out of Arrays

virginiamonkeys

I have several files such as:

list-list.txt

12345-list.txt

this
that
another
more

12346-list.txt

list
of
words
and
numbers

12347-list.txt

another
list
to
add

12348-list.txt

words
and
things
to
add

I want make an array out of the 1st file and use that array to generate a combined list from the other 4 files.

$areafile = list
$list = file('../arealist/'.$areafile.'-list.txt');

//trim trailing whitespace from the list

for ($z=0; $z<count($list); $z++) {
  $list[$z] = trim($list[$z]);
}

foreach ($list as $key => $keys)
{
$getcombinedlist[$key] = file('../arealist/'.$keys.'-list.txt');
$mergedlists = $getcombinedlist[$key];
$key++;
}

As you can see from the last segment of code I'm having a bad brain fart and can't figure how to get a combined list out of this all.

devinemke

<?php
$file = file('../arealist/list-list.txt');
foreach ($file as $value)
{
	$value = trim($value);
	$multiarray[$value] = file('../arealist/' . $value . '-list.txt');
}
?>

$multiarray is now a 2D array with the file names as the keys and file contents as the values.

virginiamonkeys

I want to take each $file and return with a big array that I can edit out dupes afterward.

When I take the code you gave:

<?php
$file = file('../arealist/list-list.txt');
foreach ($file as $value)
{
    $value = trim($value);
    $multiarray[$value] = file('../arealist/' . $value . '-list.txt');
}
?>

And try to do

$file = file('../arealist/list-list.txt');
foreach ($file as $value)
{
    $value = trim($value);
    $multiarray[$value] = file('../arealist/' . $value . '-list.txt');
}


$unique = array_unique($multiarray);

var_dump($unique);

I see that it doesn't print out the whole list.

I also see that the names aren't trimmed. There's still whitespace at the end of each word.

virginiamonkeys

I guess what I want is to turn this into a one dimensional array.

virginiamonkeys

I want to take your code

<?php
$file = file('../arealist/list-list.txt');
foreach ($file as $value)
{
    $value = trim($value);
    $multiarray[$value] = file('../arealist/' . $value . '-list.txt');
}
?>

and take the result of each $multiarray[$value] and turn them into arrays of themselves, then merge all the arrays created from that step into a one dimensional array.


for ($count=0; $count<count($multiarray); $count++)
{ 
$multiarray[$count] = array(mergethis_$count);

array_merge(mergethis_0, mergethis_(count($multiarray));
}

But it's not working... big surprise.

virginiamonkeys

Okay... I'm going to try this from another angle.. (it's not working here though):

<?php

$areafile = "tampa";

$list = file('../arealist/'.$areafile.'-list.txt');

//trim trailing whitespace from the list

for ($l=0; $l<count($list); $l++)
{
  $list[$l] = trim($list[$l]);
}

for ($i = 0; $i < count($list); ++$i){
print $list[$i];
}



$bigtownlist1 = file('../arealist/'.$list[0].'-list.txt');

for ($listcount = 0; $listcount < count($bigtownlist1); $listcount++) { 
print '<LI>'.$bigtownlist1[$listcount].'</LI>';}




$bigtownlist2 = file('../arealist/'.$list[1].'-list.txt');

for ($listcount = 0; $listcount < count($bigtownlist2); $listcount++) { 
print '<LI>'.$bigtownlist2[$listcount].'</LI>';}




$bigtownlist3 = file('../arealist/'.$list[2].'-list.txt');

for ($listcount = 0; $listcount < count($bigtownlist3); $listcount++) { 
print '<LI>'.$bigtownlist3[$listcount].'</LI>';}

var_dump($bigtownlist)
?>

I want to have something that counts my number of items in $list. Then cycle through $bigtownlist0 to $bigtownlist (final count number) and have the numbers change in the 4 spots within each of the repeated code above, cycling the required number of turns.

I don't necessarily need it to print out the list right away. This was just for me to see what was happening with it. I really need it to store these $bigtownlists as arrays so I can merge them and then edit them from there.

virginiamonkeys

In the example above, I figured I want $bigtownlist1 to really be the value of $list[0] and $bigtownlist2 = $list[1], etc.

So, if tampa-list.txt is like this:

then what I really want is an array with the same name pull up the file.


//in translated english:  make an array called '34560' which is equal to the value of $list[0].  This array will build from a file called ../arealist/34560-list.txt.   And repeat for the other numbers down the list.

array($list[0]) = file('../arealist/'.$list[0].'-list.txt');

array($list[1]) = file('../arealist/'.$list[1].'-list.txt');

array($list[2]) = file('../arealist/'.$list[2].'-list.txt');

array($list[3]) = file('../arealist/'.$list[3].'-list.txt');

array($list[4]) = file('../arealist/'.$list[4].'-list.txt');

array($list[5]) = file('../arealist/'.$list[5].'-list.txt');

Then I want to make a conglomerated array $bigtownarray out of the sum of arrays $list[0], $list[1], $list[2]...

I'm trying to work the code around but can't seem to get anything to click right yet.

virginiamonkeys

Okay... how do I merge a range of arrays properly?

<?php

$areafile = "tampa";

$list = file('../arealist/'.$areafile.'-list.txt');

//trim trailing whitespace from the list

$listend = count($list);

for ($l=0; $l<$listend; $l++)
{
  $list[$l] = trim($list[$l]);
$listfile[$l] = file('../arealist/'.$list[$l].'-list.txt');
}

$mergedlist = array_merge(range($listfile[0],$listfile[$listend]));
?>

I have several arrays from $listfile[0] all the way to about $listfile[60]. (Each page
will be different however.) $listend should be 60, so the above code should be something like $mergedlist = $array_merge the range of $listfile[0] to the $listfile[60].

virginiamonkeys

I can do this:

$mergedlist = array_merge($listfile[0], $listfile[1], $listfile[2], 

$listfile[3], $listfile[4], $listfile[5], $listfile[6], $listfile[7], 

$listfile[8], $listfile[9], $listfile[10], $listfile[11], $listfile[12], 

$listfile[13], $listfile[14], $listfile[15], $listfile[16], $listfile[17], 

$listfile[18], $listfile[19], $listfile[20], $listfile[21], $listfile[22], 

$listfile[23], $listfile[24], $listfile[25], $listfile[26], $listfile[27], 

$listfile[28], $listfile[29], $listfile[30], $listfile[31], $listfile[32], 

$listfile[33], $listfile[34], $listfile[35], $listfile[36], $listfile[37], 

$listfile[38], $listfile[39], $listfile[40], $listfile[41], $listfile[42], 

$listfile[43], $listfile[44], $listfile[45], $listfile[46], $listfile[47], 

$listfile[48], $listfile[49], $listfile[50], $listfile[51], $listfile[52], 

$listfile[53], $listfile[54], $listfile[55], $listfile[56], $listfile[57], 

$listfile[58], $listfile[59]);

But it's not practical at all.

dalecosp

This works for the initial example:

<?php
function get_text($file) {      // catchy title, eh?  Grab all lines and trim 'em
                                // stick 'em in an array.  Apologies to RMS
   if (!$file) {
      return false;
   }

   $out=file($file);
   foreach ($out as $o) {
      $c++;
      $o[$c]=trim($o[$c]);                                  

   }
   $out=implode("",$out);
   return $out;

} // End Function

$filelist=file("list-list.txt");

foreach ($filelist as $f) {
   $filename=trim($f)."-list.txt";
   $list.=get_text("$filename");
}

echo $list;

?>

😉

dalecosp

If you want an array instead of a string, just explode() it.

And, just out of curiousity, do you talk to yourself all the time like this? 😃

HTH,

virginiamonkeys

Okay, I couldn't get explode() to work properly.

When I ran your script I got a screen full of what I wanted, but noticed they weren't in an array.

I've been to php.net, searched these forums, and been to hudzilla.org and I still don't get it.

But I've made something that needs more modification that may work eventually:


<?php

$areafile = "tampa";

$masterfilelist = ('../arealist/'.$areafile.'-list.txt');

$filestring = file_get_contents($masterfilelist);
$filearray = explode("\n", $filestring);

while (list($var, $val) = each($filearray)) {
    $var++;
    $val = trim($val);
    $filename[$var]='../arealist/'.$val.'-list.txt';
}

?>

I notice that $filename array has all the file names that I need to merge. I just don't know how to do it.

virginiamonkeys

Oh man... that took 2 days of my life. I finally got it: (I think)

$areafile = "tampa";

$list = file('../arealist/'.$areafile.'-list.txt');

//trim trailing whitespace from the list

$listend = count($list);

$mergedlist = array();

for ($l=0; $l<$listend; $l++)
{
  $list[$l] = trim($list[$l]);
$listfile[$l] = file('../arealist/'.$list[$l].'-list.txt');
$mergedlist = array_merge($listfile[$l], $mergedlist);
}

dalecosp

virginiamonkeys wrote:
Okay, I couldn't get explode() to work properly.

When I ran your script I got a screen full of what I wanted, but noticed they weren't in an array.

$outarray=explode("\n",$list);

print_r($outarray);

Now they are. Hope you've learned something, and that your code works for you. I don't know if mine's better, but it feels good to me. All the work done in 7 lines.

Now if I only needed to do something like that :rolleyes:

😃

H.A.N.D.!