Nevermind... I figured it out by altering the inside_array pseudo function
--------------------- John Asendorf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Applications Developer http://www.lcounty.com - NEW FEATURES ADDED DAILY! Licking County, Ohio, USA 740-349-3631 Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit > -----Original Message----- > From: Asendorf, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 1:17 PM > To: Php-Windows (E-mail) > Subject: [PHP-WIN] in_array with an associative array... stuck > > > I'm attempting to see if a variable exists in an associative > array but I've > come up empty after two hours... any help out there? > > I've already tried array_search and the psuedo functions > inside_array and > array_in_array from the user comments in the documentation > but they all > return false for what is an obvious match... I've also tried > this with > $CUST_CITY in "'s and out of them (e.g. in_array ( > "$CUST_CITY", $city_array > ) and in_array ( $CUST_CITY, $city_array ) ) but I don't > think I should > need "'s around $CUST_CITY > > > > Pieces of the code that are relevent: > > $city_array = array ( > 'ALEXANDRIA' => '43001' > ,'GLENFORD' => '43739' > ,'GRANVILLE' => '43023' > ); > > $CUST_CITY = "GRANVILLE"; //this is actually retrieved from > a database in > the real code... > > > > if ( in_array ( $CUST_CITY , $city_array ) ) { > > if ( $debug ) { echo "<!-- FOUND $CUST_CITY IN > ARRAY -->\n"; > } > echo "<option value=\"NOT LISTED\">NOT > LISTED</option>\n"; > > //sift through city array and write city options > foreach ( $city_array as $key => $value) { > > echo "<option "; > > if ( $CUST_CITY == $key) { > > echo "SELECTED"; > } > > echo "value=\"$key\">$key</option>\n"; > > } > > echo " <input type=\"text\" name=\"ALT_CITY\" > value=\"$CUST_CITY\">"; > > } > > else { > > if ( $debug ) { echo "<!-- DID NOT FIND > $CUST_CITY IN ARRAY > 5-->\n"; } > echo "<option SELECTED value=\"NOT LISTED\">NOT > LISTED</option>\n"; > > //sift through city array and write city options > foreach ( $city_array as $key => $value) { > > echo "<option value=\"$key\">$key</option>\n"; > > } > > echo " <input type=\"text\" name=\"ALT_CITY\" > value=\"$CUST_CITY\">"; > > } > > > Thanks in advance. > > John > > --------------------- > John Asendorf - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web Applications Developer > http://www.lcounty.com - NEW FEATURES ADDED DAILY! > Licking County, Ohio, USA > 740-349-3631 > Nullum magnum ingenium sine mixtura dementiae fuit > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]