Try:  $ary["this"] = array("that" => 1);


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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Boget [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2002 1:48 PM
> To: PHP General
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Arrays: Please help before I go insane?
> 
> 
> > Now, what I'm trying to do is build a tree based on the 
> data in the DB.  
> > It's working relatively ok if I uncomment the code that is 
> on line 48 and 
> > comment out line 49.  However, what I really want to do is 
> build a fully 
> > associative array doing this and now** an array that has 
> string keys but 
> > then, those arrays having numeric keys (copy and run this code 
> > un/commenting the lines above and you'll see what I mean).
> 
> ** should be "not"
> 
> To elaborate, what I'm trying to do is build an array that 
> looks like this:
> 
> $array["this"]["that"] = "whatever";
> $array["this"]["other"] = "whatever";
> 
> and not one that looks like this:
> 
> $array["this"][0] = "that";
> $array["this"][1] = "other";
> 
> because I just want to be able to get the keys and not have to worry
> about when I should be using the value of the key or the value of the
> array element.
> 
> Again, the problem that I'm having (as demonstrated by the code) is
> that when I'm trying to set it up so that it's like the first 
> example above,
> 
> $array["this"]
> 
> isn't always evaluating as an array, though it always should.
> 
> Chris
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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