Re: Re[2]: [PHP] Comparing string to array

On 19/06/07, Richard Davey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Robin, Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 8:28:50 PM, you wrote: > On 19/06/07, Richard Davey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> $userparam = "test['sam'][]"; >> >> // How to check if $userparam exists in the $_POST array >> // and get all

Re[2]: [PHP] Comparing string to array

Hi Robin, Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 8:28:50 PM, you wrote: > On 19/06/07, Richard Davey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> $userparam = "test['sam'][]"; >> >> // How to check if $userparam exists in the $_POST array >> // and get all the values from it? > full_key_exists("test['sam'][]",

Re[2]: [PHP] Comparing string to array

Hi Jim, Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 6:21:25 PM, you wrote: > let me try this again. > in the submitted $_POST array, you are looking for a key (test) that contains > a given $username > that may or may not have any values set? > Correct? Sorry not even close. Here, let me try again... $param =

Re[2]: [PHP] Comparing string to array

Hi Jim, Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 5:47:29 PM, you wrote: > Jim Lucas wrote: >>> $userparam = "test['sam'][]"; > then what you are saying it that this HAS to be your search string? Heck no, it doesn't *have* to be. Feel free to remove the quotes from it and then attempt my original questio

Re[2]: [PHP] Comparing string to array

Hi Jim, Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 5:29:55 PM, you wrote: > Richard Davey wrote: >> Hi Jim, >> >> Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 5:06:47 PM, you wrote: >> >>> DON'T USE SINGLE QUOTES IN YOUR NAME="" ATTRIBUTE >> >> Hate to piss on your bonfire but a single quote is a perfectly valid >> (if somewhat stu

Re[2]: [PHP] Comparing string to array

Hi Jim, Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 5:06:47 PM, you wrote: > DON'T USE SINGLE QUOTES IN YOUR NAME="" ATTRIBUTE Hate to piss on your bonfire but a single quote is a perfectly valid (if somewhat stupid choice of) character for inclusion in an array key. Cheers, Rich -- Zend Certified Engineer http

Re[2]: [PHP] Comparing string to array

Hi Stut, Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 1:49:53 PM, you wrote: >> Very nice, thank you. I was hoping there would be a way to do it >> without resorting to eval(), but if even you can't figure out how, I'm >> not going to waste any more time trying to either :) > You probably could by breaking it into e

Re[2]: [PHP] Comparing string to array

Hi Stut, Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 1:16:54 PM, you wrote: >> The problem is finding a way to expand the input name (which is a >> string) into a format that $_POST can be searched for. Or do the >> reverse, iterate through $_POST to find a match for the input name and >> get that value. > Try this

Re[2]: [PHP] Comparing string to array

Hi Stut, Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 12:09:12 PM, you wrote: > If you have no control over what the fields in the form will be, what > are you doing with the data? Surely if you're writing logic that > requires you to know what the fields are called, you need to have > control over it. Here, this

Re[2]: [PHP] Comparing string to array

Hi Stut, Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 10:16:02 AM, you wrote: > If you can't control $userparam and it has to look like you have it then > you're parsing of it is a little more involved, but still fairly simple. > What are you actually trying to do? Where will $userparam actually come > from? There i

Re[2]: [PHP] Comparing string to array

Hi Larry, Tuesday, June 19, 2007, 2:55:07 AM, you wrote: > Perhaps you're looking for in_array()? If only it was that simple! But pray tell how an in_array search is going to find: $userparam = "test['bob'][]"; within: Array ( [test] => Array ( ['bob'] => Array