I need help with this array
I have been struggling with this array for the last couple of days.
I have categories in a database - CID, PID, Name (id, parent category id, name of the category).
So i have a function that will query the database and return an array with all rows and columns so that i can loop through it and format the data on the main page.
Trouble is im pretty sure that i am returning an array with all the data but i cant seem to loop through and get the data out? If that makes sense.
The function takes one parameter and the function will switch on this. It either returns an array or option boxes.
<?php
function listcategory($format){
$categories = $this->query("select * from category");
if(mysql_num_rows($categories) <0){
return false;
}else{
switch($format){
case "option":
while($listcategories = $this->fetcharray($categories)){
$option .="<option value=\"".$listcategories[0]."\">".$listcategories[2]."</option>\n";
}
return $option;
break;
// this is the array
case "array":
while($thelist = $this->fetcharray($categories)){
$catarray[] = array('id'=>$thelist[0], 'parent'=>$thelist[1], 'name'=>$thelist[2]);
}
return $catarray;
break;
}
}
}
?>and when i loop through it just returns what looks like a letter from each field?
<?php
if($admin->managecategory("array") && is_array($admin->managecategory("array"))){
foreach($admin->managecategory("array") as $values){
foreach($values as $thekey=>$thevalue){
echo "<div>".$thevalue['name']."".$thevalue['id']."".$thevalue['parent']."</div><br>";
}
}
}
?>Please help.
benf posted this at 18:34 — 21st August 2008.
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Joined: Feb 2005
I figured it out - had the incorrect variables:
<?php
$array = $admin->managecategory("array");
if($array && is_array($array)){
for ($row = 0; $row < count($array); $row++)
{
echo $array[$row]["name"]." ".$array[$row]["parent"]."=>".$array[$row]["name"];
echo "<br />";
}
}
?>
The array is fine just getting the data out!
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john_opwin posted this at 09:59 — 1st September 2008.
They have: 21 posts
Joined: Aug 2008
Hello ,
where you find difficult i cannot understanding what you want your code is alright ?
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