[PHP] associative array syntax question

[Maxim Maletsky \(PHPBeginner.com\)]

-----Original Message-----
From: Maxim Maletsky (PHPBeginner.com)
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Sent: giovedi 4 ottobre 2001 2.02
To: 'Job Miller'
Subject: RE: [PHP] associative array syntax question



I tried on winXP/PHP4.0.6/Apache

<?
        $a = Array('print me');
        $b = Array('b'=>0);
        print $a[$b['b']]

        # prints:
        # print me
?>


Strange, should work though....

Maxim Maletsky
www.PHPBeginner.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Job Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] 
Sent: giovedi 4 ottobre 2001 1.57
To: Maxim Maletsky (PHPBeginner.com)
Subject: RE: [PHP] associative array syntax question


no luck with that either.
I do the same thing in Perl all the time.
can it have anything to do with the fact that the
inner part is a fetch from a mySQL DB which returns an enumerated array,
so b is actually a constant (drop the quotes) referring to an index in
the result?

i tried $a[$b[b]] and $a[{$b[b]}], etc..

nothing works..


--- "Maxim Maletsky (PHPBeginner.com)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Strange, I always though it should be working.
> 
> Have you tried $a[{$b['b']}] ?
> 
> What version of PHP are you running?
> 
> Maxim Maletsky
> www.PHPBeginner.com
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Job Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: giovedi 4 ottobre 2001 1.41
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [PHP] associative array syntax question
> 
> 
> why does: print $a[$b['b']] return:
> 
> parse error, expecting `T_STRING' or `T_VARIABLE' or `T_NUM_STRING'
> 
> but if I do it in two steps like:
> 
> $c=$b['b'];
> print $a[$c];
> 
> it works fine.
> 
> I have tried dozens of syntax combinations using
> quotes, no quotes, on one or both and can't get
> anything to work.  any help would be greatly
> appreciated.  The two step method is annoying.
> 
> Job
>  
> 
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