array_search, array_keys problem

Hi, I am basing this upon my study of the array_search and array_keys
functions in www.php.net and www.zend.com and www.nyphp.org.

I have this array, $this->propertyArray, which I have passed into a
class as a mocked-up version of the same formatting as _GET and _POST
arrays inasmuch as the keys are variable names and vals are the
variable values. Here is the print_r printout of $this->propertyArray
for example:

Array (
[birth_month] => 10
[birth_day] => 01
[birth_year] => 1964
[0] => 4
)

I have a local array, $keyIndexArray, which I derived by doing this:
$keyIndexArray = array_keys($this->propertyArray);

this produces the following array which I can show using print_r:

Array (
[0] => birth_month
[1] => birth_day
[2] => birth_year
[3] => 0
)

I produce $keyIndexArray in order to know the ordinal position of each
key/val pair in propertyArray since I will be doing a particular
function upon each element in propertyArray depending SOLELY on its
position (the keys and vals can literally be anything at all!). So I
figured the easiest way to do it is to create a local enumerative
array so that I have a "static" value by which to pull from something
that tells me "Hey, this is a month", or "Hey, this is a year".

I can get what I want by doing this:

foreach ($this->propertyArray as $key => $val) {
switch (array_search($key, $keyIndexArray)) {
case '2': // It's a year, do year stuff
break;
case '0': // It's a month, do month stuff
....
}
}

However, for some reason, for the switch statement I am always getting
'3' every single time, verified by this print_r on key and val and
array_search:

key = birth_month and val = 10 and array_search for birth_month in
keyIndexArray = 3

Here are my online references:

http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.array-search.php
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/function.array-keys.php
http://us2.php.net/manual/en/control...res.switch.php

Maybe I missed something in my simple plan, that is, parse through
$this->propertyArray and do month stuff on the first one, day stuff
on the second one, year stuff on the third one, etc.

Phil

PS: THIS IS *****NOT***** HOMEWORK!!!!!!!!!!! Someone had a baby fit
when I posted stuff like this earlier so this is a disclaimer.

Phil Powell <soazine@erols.com> wrote:

> I have a local array, $keyIndexArray, which I derived by doing this:
> $keyIndexArray = array_keys($this->propertyArray);
>
> I produce $keyIndexArray in order to know the ordinal position of each
> key/val pair in propertyArray since I will be doing a particular
> function upon each element in propertyArray depending SOLELY on its
> position (the keys and vals can literally be anything at all!). So I
> figured the easiest way to do it is to create a local enumerative
> array so that I have a "static" value by which to pull from something
> that tells me "Hey, this is a month", or "Hey, this is a year".
>
> I can get what I want by doing this:
>
> foreach ($this->propertyArray as $key => $val) {
> switch (array_search($key, $keyIndexArray)) {
> case '2': // It's a year, do year stuff
> break;
> case '0': // It's a month, do month stuff
> ....
> }
> }

Hi Phil,

How about:

foreach ($this->propertyArray as $key => $val) {
switch ($key) {
case 'birth_year': // It's a year, do year stuff
break;
case 'birth_month': // It's a month, do month stuff
....
}
}

JOn

I'm sorry I can't do that, because it may not be 'birth_month', it
could be 'graduation_month' or 'graduation_moment_in_my_life' or
'whatever_I_felt_like_using_as_a_key_today'

The keys are totally dynamic, determined by a prior form producing.

Phil

Jon Kraft <jon@jonux.co.uk> wrote in message news:<bmmch0$okceb$1@ID-175424.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> Phil Powell <soazine@erols.com> wrote:
>
> > I have a local array, $keyIndexArray, which I derived by doing this:
> > $keyIndexArray = array_keys($this->propertyArray);
> >
> > I produce $keyIndexArray in order to know the ordinal position of each
> > key/val pair in propertyArray since I will be doing a particular
> > function upon each element in propertyArray depending SOLELY on its
> > position (the keys and vals can literally be anything at all!). So I
> > figured the easiest way to do it is to create a local enumerative
> > array so that I have a "static" value by which to pull from something
> > that tells me "Hey, this is a month", or "Hey, this is a year".
> >
> > I can get what I want by doing this:
> >
> > foreach ($this->propertyArray as $key => $val) {
> > switch (array_search($key, $keyIndexArray)) {
> > case '2': // It's a year, do year stuff
> > break;
> > case '0': // It's a month, do month stuff
> > ....
> > }
> > }
>
> Hi Phil,
>
> How about:
>
> foreach ($this->propertyArray as $key => $val) {
> switch ($key) {
> case 'birth_year': // It's a year, do year stuff
> break;
> case 'birth_month': // It's a month, do month stuff
> ....
> }
> }
>
> JOn

Phil Powell <soazine@erols.com> wrote:
> Jon Kraft <jon@jonux.co.uk> wrote:
>> Phil Powell <soazine@erols.com> wrote:
>>
>> > I have a local array, $keyIndexArray, which I derived by doing this:
>> > $keyIndexArray = array_keys($this->propertyArray);
>> >
>> > I produce $keyIndexArray in order to know the ordinal position of each
>> > key/val pair in propertyArray since I will be doing a particular
>> > function upon each element in propertyArray depending SOLELY on its
>> > position (the keys and vals can literally be anything at all!). So I
>> > figured the easiest way to do it is to create a local enumerative
>> > array so that I have a "static" value by which to pull from something
>> > that tells me "Hey, this is a month", or "Hey, this is a year".
>> >
>> > I can get what I want by doing this:
>> >
>> > foreach ($this->propertyArray as $key => $val) {
>> > switch (array_search($key, $keyIndexArray)) {
>> > case '2': // It's a year, do year stuff
>> > break;
>> > case '0': // It's a month, do month stuff
>> > ....
>> > }
>> > }
>>
>>
>> foreach ($this->propertyArray as $key => $val) {
>> switch ($key) {
>> case 'birth_year': // It's a year, do year stuff
>> break;
>> case 'birth_month': // It's a month, do month stuff
>> ....
>> }
>> }
>
> I'm sorry I can't do that, because it may not be 'birth_month', it
> could be 'graduation_month' or 'graduation_moment_in_my_life' or
> 'whatever_I_felt_like_using_as_a_key_today'
>
> The keys are totally dynamic, determined by a prior form producing.

Okay, I see. I just don't understand how you then can determine what exactly
to do in your switch statement if the key at index '2' can be a year,
month, string, whatsoever?

Anyway, have you tried using integers (and I've put FALSE in there in well):

foreach ($this->propertyArray as $key => $val) {
$found = array_search($key, $keyIndexArray);
switch ($found) {
case FALSE: // key not found, do stuff
break;
case 2: // It's a year, do year stuff
break;
case 0: // It's a month, do month stuff
break;
....
}
}

JOn

Well the solution I came up with was very complex and bizarre, but
literaly the only one I could feasibly come up with and I'm sorry..

// CONVERT THE INPUT PARAMETER ARRAY INTO A 2-DIM ENUMERATIVE ARRAY TO
PRESERVE KEYS AND VALS AND HAVE ENUMERATION FOR SWITCH
$enumKeyValArray = array();
foreach($this->propertyArray as $key => $val)
array_push($enumKeyValArray, array($key, $val));


for ($i = 0; $i < sizeof($enumKeyValArray); $i++) {
$html = '';
switch ($i) {
case '2': // TEXT FIELD SLOT IN INPUT ARRAY PARAMETER
if ($this->hasYear) {


break;

case '3': // SIZE OF TEXT FIELD - NOTHING NEEDS TO BE DONE
// DO NOTHING
break;

case '0': // MONTH DROPDOWN
if ($this->hasMonth) {
// DO MONTH STUFF
}
break;

case '1': // DAY DROPDOWN
if ($this->hasDay) {
// DO DAY STUFF
}
break;

default: // THIS WILL BE EXPANDED FOR FUTURE IMPLEMENTATION OF
DATEGROUP, FOR NOW IF ANYTHING ELSE IS FOUND DO NOTHING
// DO NOTHING
break;
}


}


I would then instantiate the class using optional boolean parameters
to determine if I am to display a month dropdown/day dropdown/year
textfield or not.

$dateGroup = new DateGroupHTMLGenerator($myPOSTLikeArray); // DISPLAY
ALL
$dateGroup = new DateGroupHTMLGenerator($myPOSTLikeArray, 1, 0, 1); //
DON'T DISPLAY DAY DROPDOWN

Phil

Jon Kraft <jon@jonux.co.uk> wrote in message news:<bmo9nk$p3bt8$2@ID-175424.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> Phil Powell <soazine@erols.com> wrote:
> > Jon Kraft <jon@jonux.co.uk> wrote:
> >> Phil Powell <soazine@erols.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> > I have a local array, $keyIndexArray, which I derived by doing this:
> >> > $keyIndexArray = array_keys($this->propertyArray);
> >> >
> >> > I produce $keyIndexArray in order to know the ordinal position of each
> >> > key/val pair in propertyArray since I will be doing a particular
> >> > function upon each element in propertyArray depending SOLELY on its
> >> > position (the keys and vals can literally be anything at all!). So I
> >> > figured the easiest way to do it is to create a local enumerative
> >> > array so that I have a "static" value by which to pull from something
> >> > that tells me "Hey, this is a month", or "Hey, this is a year".
> >> >
> >> > I can get what I want by doing this:
> >> >
> >> > foreach ($this->propertyArray as $key => $val) {
> >> > switch (array_search($key, $keyIndexArray)) {
> >> > case '2': // It's a year, do year stuff
> >> > break;
> >> > case '0': // It's a month, do month stuff
> >> > ....
> >> > }
> >> > }
> >>
> >>
> >> foreach ($this->propertyArray as $key => $val) {
> >> switch ($key) {
> >> case 'birth_year': // It's a year, do year stuff
> >> break;
> >> case 'birth_month': // It's a month, do month stuff
> >> ....
> >> }
> >> }
> >
> > I'm sorry I can't do that, because it may not be 'birth_month', it
> > could be 'graduation_month' or 'graduation_moment_in_my_life' or
> > 'whatever_I_felt_like_using_as_a_key_today'
> >
> > The keys are totally dynamic, determined by a prior form producing.
>
> Okay, I see. I just don't understand how you then can determine what exactly
> to do in your switch statement if the key at index '2' can be a year,
> month, string, whatsoever?
>
> Anyway, have you tried using integers (and I've put FALSE in there in well):
>
> foreach ($this->propertyArray as $key => $val) {
> $found = array_search($key, $keyIndexArray);
> switch ($found) {
> case FALSE: // key not found, do stuff
> break;
> case 2: // It's a year, do year stuff
> break;
> case 0: // It's a month, do month stuff
> break;
> ....
> }
> }
>
> JOn