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Re: mysql_fetch_array [message #169798 is a reply to message #169790]

Mon, 27 September 2010 07:44

Hamish Campbell
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Registered: September 2010

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On Sep 27, 12:24 pm, sheldonlg <sheldonlg> wrote:
> On 9/26/2010 7:44 AM, Captain Paralytic wrote:
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>> On Sep 26, 12:36 am, MikeB<mpbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Captain Paralytic wrote:
>>>> On Sep 25, 9:28 pm, MikeB<mpbr...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> > I have the following code:
>>> <snip>
>
>>>> > What PHP magic is at work here?
>
>>>> > Thanks.
>
>>>> I can recommend reading:
>>>> http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php
>
>>> I've read that page before, but only now the following sentence makes
>>> sense:
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>>> "If a key is not specified for a value, the maximum of the integer
>>> indices is taken and the new key will be that value plus 1. If a key
>>> that already has an assigned value is specified, that value will be
>>> overwritten. "
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>> I was referring to the section just below headed:
>> "Creating/modifying with square bracket syntax"
>> but the paragraph that you mentioned certainly explains more of the
>> actual details.
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> You know, that ("the maximum of the integer indices is taken and the new
> key will be that value plus 1") is possibly a misleading clause.
>
> For example:
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> $results = array();
> $results[] = 'First One';
>
> Reading that clause, "the maximum of the integer indices is taken and
> the new key will be that value plus 1", one might expect the index of
> "First One" to be 1. In fact, of course, it is 0. IOW, if there is no
> index yet, then it doesn't add 1, but takes the first one as 0.
>
> --
> Shelly

Except that sharp readers will note that: "As mentioned above, if no
key is specified, the maximum of the existing integer indices is
taken, and the new key will be that maximum value plus 1. If no
integer indices exist yet, the key will be 0 (zero)."

Hamish

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		mysql_fetch_array By: MikeB on Sat, 25 September 2010 20:28
		Re: mysql_fetch_array By: Marious Barrier on Sat, 25 September 2010 21:08
		Re: mysql_fetch_array By: TechieOldFox on Sat, 25 September 2010 21:50
		Re: mysql_fetch_array By: Captain Paralytic on Sat, 25 September 2010 22:50
		Re: mysql_fetch_array By: MikeB on Sat, 25 September 2010 23:36
		Re: mysql_fetch_array By: Captain Paralytic on Sun, 26 September 2010 11:44
		Re: mysql_fetch_array By: sheldonlg on Sun, 26 September 2010 23:24
		Re: mysql_fetch_array By: The Natural Philosoph on Mon, 27 September 2010 07:15
		Re: mysql_fetch_array By: sheldonlg on Mon, 27 September 2010 12:23
		Re: mysql_fetch_array By: Hamish Campbell on Mon, 27 September 2010 07:44
		Re: mysql_fetch_array By: matt[1] on Mon, 27 September 2010 12:37
		Re: mysql_fetch_array By: MikeB on Mon, 27 September 2010 13:18
		Re: mysql_fetch_array By: Captain Paralytic on Mon, 27 September 2010 13:35
		Re: mysql_fetch_array By: MikeB on Mon, 27 September 2010 14:12

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