Using Numeric Keys, for text-named arrays

[ShawnK]

my problem is very simple, i have a configuration file that is in this format

<?php

$ext = explode(".", basename($_SERVER['PHP_SELF']));
if($ext[1] === "inc"){ die("<b>Error </b>: You cannot access this file directly!"); }

/*
Kurtz Web Solutions
Copyright © 2007

RELEASED UNDER THE GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
You can view this license agreement @: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt



*/

// Main Settings
$cfg['main']['root']          = "./dev/news_site";			// root directory for the site
$cfg['main']['news_dir']      = "/news/";								// directory for the news scripts

// MySQL Database Settings
$cfg['mysql']['host']         = "localhost";						// mysql db hostname
$cfg['mysql']['port']         = 3306;										// mysql db port(def: 3306)
$cfg['mysql']['user']         = "news_user";            // mysql db username
$cfg['mysql']['pass']         = "xxxxxx";						// mysql db password
$cfg['mysql']['db']           = "news";									// mysql database
$cfg['mysql']['prefix']       = "news_";								// mysql table prefix(use if db isn't exclusive)

// Template Settings
$cfg['tpl']['def']            = "default";							// default template for APC

// Setup
$cfg['setup']['def_user']     = "shawnk";   						// user created @ setup
$cfg['setup']['def_pass']     = "xxxxxx";								// password for user ^
?>

Well is there a way that I can call for example $cfg['setup']['def_user'] as something like this: $cfg[7][2]?

[NogDog]

While I can't imagine why you'd want to make ambiguous, numeric array references when you can make unambiguous (and therefore easier to debug and maintain) associative references....I suppose you could do something ugly with array_keys():

$level1indexes = array_keys($cfg);
$level2indexes = array_keys($cfg[$level1indexes[7]]);
$value = $cfg[$level1indexes[7]][$level2indexes[2]];

[ShawnK]

okay nvm then, thats not simple at all. I was just looking for a shorter way to call up configuration variables for something like a mysql_connect() for example...if i use $cfg['mysql'][VAR] for each value it spans like 150 columns

[Weedpacket]

You could have

$mysql = array_values($cfg['mysql']);

and (a) try and remember which number applies to which variable and, (b) reindex all uses in your code if the array changes.

[ShawnK]

i get your point weedpacket, i guess shortcutting now would lead to problems later...thanks, i'm glad i got the out of the way now =)