Setting an array property with a php variable?

red_ice · 13-02-2013 01:58PM #1

hey

I've shortened this down to the minimum. When ever I set a variable and I try to send it into an array for a search the search comes up with nothing, but if i replace $var1 inside the array with '1' I get a result.

Any Ideas? I'm under pressure timewise and would really appreciate any feedback!

$var1 = 1;
$theArray= array('valueToBeSet'   =>  array('whatever' => $var1));

Thanks!

oeb · 13-02-2013 02:05PM

red_ice wrote: »
hey

I've shortened this down to the minimum. When ever I set a variable and I try to send it into an array for a search the search comes up with nothing, but if i replace $var1 inside the array with '1' I get a result.

Any Ideas? I'm under pressure timewise and would really appreciate any feedback!
$var1 = 1;
$theArray= array('valueToBeSet'   =>  array('whatever' => $var1));
Thanks!

The question is a little vague. That returns exactly as expected

[PHP]<?php
$var1 = 1;
$theArray= array('valueToBeSet' => array('whatever' => $var1));

var_dump($theArray);
?>[/PHP]
returns

[SIZE=2]array   
[SIZE=2]  [/SIZE]'valueToBeSet' =>      array 
[SIZE=2]      [/SIZE]'whatever' => int 1[/SIZE]

as expected.

Can you post an example of exactly what's failing for you?

red_ice · 13-02-2013 03:13PM

oeb wrote: »

Can you post an example of exactly what's failing for you?

I was trying to write the whole array string into a single variable. It was echoing out fine, but just not searching properly.

So

$var1 = 'value1' => $var1;
$var2 = 'value2' => $var2;
$var3 = 'value3' => $var3;

$search = $var1 . $var2 . var3;

array ($search)

echo $search would output

'value1' => '1', 'value2' => '2', 'value3' => '3'

but it wouldnt search when I ran the code.

Thats it in a nutshell. I've simplified it, and have it working with no problems, I just wanted to do it that way so I could refine searches etc.

Draco · 14-02-2013 09:46AM

You can't do that. You need to do the following:

$search = array( 'value1' => $var1, 'value2' => $var2, 'value3' => $var3);

In your code you're just creating a string rather an array.

Setting an array property with a php variable?

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