[pmwiki-devel] php multi-dimensional array construction problem

[Daniel Roesler]

Just add an else statement that creates the that key, then point to
that key for the next iteration.

//This changes the pointer to the leaf
foreach($query as $i) {
        if(isset($pointer[$i]))
                $pointer = &$pointer[$i];
        else {
                $pointer[$i] = "";
                $pointer = &$pointer[$i];
        }


I should probably ask if this is for a PmWiki recipe or something
having to do with PmWiki. It's become quite a long thread, and this
mailing list is for PmWiki development discussions. So if it's just a
general php question, it might be better to continue our discussion
elsewhere.

Avast!
Daniel Roesler
diafygi at gmail.com

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 7:20 AM, Hans <design5 at softflow.co.uk> wrote:
> Friday, February 6, 2009, 4:29:06 PM, Daniel wrote:
>
>> //This changes the pointer to the leaf
>> foreach($query as $i) {
>>         if(isset($pointer[$i]))
>>                 $pointer = &$pointer[$i];
>
> Daniel, one big problem popped up with this:
>
> if $pointer[$i] is not set, it will just go to the next key.
>
> But I would like it to be created first, then go to the next key
> for the newly created key. That way we will not loose members, but
> add them to the chain if they are not there in the first place.
> Like having new directories created automatically if the filepath
> string contains new names.
>
> Is that possible?
>
>
> Hans
>
>