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Re: comparing arrays [message #181044 is a reply to message #181038]

Sun, 07 April 2013 14:00

bill
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On 4/7/2013 8:34 AM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 4/7/2013 7:34 AM, bill wrote:
>> I need to see if a patient has appointments with a
>> psychotherapist and a
>> physician on the same day.
>>
>> I request the schedule of each therapist and each physician as
>> arrays of
>> arrays:
>> time, patient_number, duration (note, the therapist/physician
>> id is not
>> in the array)
>> They are non-associative arrays (numeric keys)
>> I might have 1..n physicians and 1..n therapists
>> I can generate arrays of physicians and arrays of therapists
>>
>> Option 1 is a nightmare of nested foreachs
>>
>> I am sure there must be an array function that will permit this
>> check.
>> AFAIK, the _intersect functions require the same date in all,
>> when what
>> I want is "any".
>>
>> my current thought is to create arrays of just pt_number, merge
>> the
>> physician arrays, merge the therapist arrays, array_flip to
>> move the
>> values to keys and then array_intersect.
>>
>> But, before I try that I welcome any suggestions.
>>
>> bill
>
> Does the information come from a SQL database? If so, I'd do it
> in SQL.
>

Yes it does, 3 tables: users (therapist/physician), pt_info,
schedule.

A little more of a hint please.

bill

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		comparing arrays By: bill on Sun, 07 April 2013 11:34
		Re: comparing arrays By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 07 April 2013 12:34
		Re: comparing arrays By: bill on Sun, 07 April 2013 14:00
		Re: comparing arrays By: Frank Steinmetzger on Sun, 07 April 2013 14:14
		Re: comparing arrays By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 07 April 2013 15:13
		Re: comparing arrays By: bill on Sun, 07 April 2013 15:34
		Re: comparing arrays By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 07 April 2013 19:33
		Re: comparing arrays By: Jerry Stuckle on Sun, 07 April 2013 18:18
		Re: comparing arrays By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 07 April 2013 13:37
		Re: comparing arrays By: bill on Sun, 07 April 2013 13:59
		Re: comparing arrays By: Thomas 'PointedEars' on Sun, 07 April 2013 15:14
		Re: comparing arrays By: The Natural Philosoph on Sun, 07 April 2013 14:59
		Re: comparing arrays By: The Natural Philosoph on Sun, 07 April 2013 15:01
		Re: comparing arrays By: Frank Steinmetzger on Sun, 07 April 2013 18:22

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