Need help combining Arrays

[gamak]

Ok, So I have 3 arrays.

$lastname = array ('simpsons' , 'jetsons', 'griffin');
$replacestring = array ('<<First Name>>', '<<First Name>>', '<<First Name>>');
$email_address = array ('[e-mail]', '[e-mail]', '[e-mail]');

All the arrays have the exact same number of elements. What I need to do is have one 3d array so it looks something like

Simpson, <<First Name>> , [e-mail]

Anyone know how to do this?

[laserlight]

hmm... I don't quite understand the structure of the desired 3D array. Why not show it in full based on your example?

[gamak]

It should look like

$firstname = array( 'Homer', 'Peter' , "Fred');
$replacestr = array ('<<FIRST NAME>>', '<<First Name>>', '<<First Name>>');
$email = array ('[e-mail]', '[e-mail]', '[e-mail]');

I need something that combines all 3 above arrays

array ($email => array($replacestr => $firstname);

[laserlight]

gamak wrote:

I need something that combines all 3 above arrays

array ($email => array($replacestr => $firstname);

Well, yes, but that is the part that is not clear. How exactly do you want to combine the three arrays?

EDIT:
Oh, now I get it. You are looking to use [man]array_combine/man.

[gamak]

I tried array_combine but I think it will only combine 2 '1d arrays' into one 2d array

Will it combine one 1d array with one 2d array to make one 3d array?

[laserlight]

gamak wrote:

I tried array_combine but I think it will only combine 2 '1d arrays' into one 2d array

This should work:

$array = array_combine($email, array_combine($replacestr, $firstname));

except that you have a problem inherent in the original arrays and your requirement. The problem is that you want to use the elements of $replacestr as keys, but there are duplicates, since '<<First Name>>' is repeated.