Hi there everyone!
I've got a problem with finding duplicate keys in my array creation.
I've tried a lot of different methods of handling it but none have worked. One attempt:
/* New specifications */
$i = 0;
$dupe_name = array();
UNSET($spec_array);
WHILE(ISSET($_POST['specname'][$i])){
if($_POST['specname'][$i] != '' AND $_POST['specval'][$i] != ''){
if(array_key_exists($_POST['specname'][$i], $dupe_name)){
echo 'Dupe found!';
}
$spec_array[$i]['name'] = htmlentities($_POST['specname'][$i], ENT_QUOTES);
$spec_array[$i]['safename'] = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_POST['specname'][$i]);
$spec_array[$i]['value'] = htmlentities($_POST['specval'][$i], ENT_QUOTES);
$spec_array[$i]['safevalue'] = mysqli_real_escape_string($link, $_POST['specval'][$i]);
$dupe_name[] = strtolower($spec_array[$i]['name']);
}
$i = ++$i;
}
The $dupe_name array holds the keys that I'd like to check against. I think this attempt didn't work because I've built the dupe array to hold the important stuff as a value and not a key. When I print it, it looks like this:
Array
(
[0] => fits
[1] => second value
[2] => fits
)
So then I tried another method:
if (in_array($_POST['specname'][$i], $dupe_name)) {
This also failed to find the duplicate.
Could someone tell me how I might resolve this issue? I can't seem to find the important stuff sitting in $dupe_name.
Thanks for your time!