Array issue

[sweetpeet]

I am having a problem with creating this array.
This is what I have:

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$c = 'swiss cheese';

   $value = array('$c', 'test2' );

   echo $value . '<br/>';
   echo("this is what is included $value");


For some reason when it runs it just outputs the word "Array". Does anyone know why?

[seandisanti]

because arrays aren't strings. even when they're full of strings, they're still arrays. there are a few diff ways to view the contents, but the easiest is probably just:

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echo '<pre>';//to clean up output
print_r($value);


[sweetpeet]

Thanks for the help, I decided to do something else that worked.

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$x=1;
$Edit_included = array( "null" ,$bread, $saladDressing, $tomato, $lettuce, $onion, );

echo 'Included: ';
foreach( $Edit_included as $new_details ){
   echo $new_details;
   echo', ';
   $x++;
   }


However, now that I have that(above). Is it possible to assign a foreach loop to a variable?

[seandisanti]

you don't want to assign a foreach loop to a variable (which would be done by having a function containing only the foreach loop that returns the value) you want to append values to a variable during a foreach loop.

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    $Edit_included = array( "null" ,$bread, $saladDressing, $tomato, $lettuce, $onion, );
 $variable = 'Included: ';
    foreach( $Edit_included as $new_details ){
       $variable .= $new_details . ', ';
       }
$variable = rtrim($variable,', ');
echo 'ta-da:<br />' . $variable;
 

[sweetpeet]

you don't want to assign a foreach loop to a variable (which would be done by having a function containing only the foreach loop that returns the value) you want to append values to a variable during a foreach loop.

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    $Edit_included = array( "null" ,$bread, $saladDressing, $tomato, $lettuce, $onion, );
 $variable = 'Included: ';
    foreach( $Edit_included as $new_details ){
       $variable .= $new_details . ', ';
       }
$variable = rtrim($variable,', ');
echo 'ta-da:<br />' . $variable;


It only outputs the last one in the array tho. I need all of it to be associated with $variable.

[seandisanti]

if it's only outputting the last, that tells me that you missed the '.' before the '='. So on each iteration it is overwriting the existing value instead of appending the new value. take another look at line 4 of my example

[sweetpeet]

if it's only outputting the last, that tells me that you missed the '.' before the '='. So on each iteration it is overwriting the existing value instead of appending the new value. take another look at line 4 of my example

Actually thats exactly what it is doing, it is appending the new value to the value that already exists rather than overwriting it. I'd rather just overwrite it. Maybe I did something wrong?

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$Edit_included = array( "null", $bread, $saladDressing, $tomato, $lettuce, $onion);
echo 'Included: ';
foreach( $Edit_included as $new_details ){
   $variable .= $new_details . ', ';
   }
   $variable = rtrim($variable, ', ');
   echo $variable;



It also leaves commas when the variable before is unset which is a problem.

[seandisanti]

It seems like i may have missed your intent.. I thought you wanted to output the whole list. if you only want to output the last, then remove the period before the equals in line 4.

[sweetpeet]

It seems like i may have missed your intent.. I thought you wanted to output the whole list. if you only want to output the last, then remove the period before the equals in line 4.

No, you were partially correct. I do want to output the whole string, and what you provided was good. I just don't want the values appended/ added on the back of the last string.

[seandisanti]

please show the output you're receiving, and the output you'd like.

[sweetpeet]

please show the output you're receiving, and the output you'd like.

This is what I'm getting (it doesn't seem to be appending any more, which is good): Included: null, , , tomato, lettuce, onion,

This is what I want: Included: null, tomato, lettuce, onion,

And this is the code I have:

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$Edit_included = array( "null", $bread, $saladDressing, $tomato, $lettuce, $onion);
echo 'Included: ';
foreach( $Edit_included as $new_details ){
   $variable .= $new_details . ', ';
   }
   $variable = trim($variable, ',');
   echo $variable;


[seandisanti]

try this:

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    $Edit_included = array( "null", $bread, $saladDressing, $tomato, $lettuce, $onion);
    echo 'Included: ';
    foreach( $Edit_included as $new_details ){
       $variable .= (!empty($new_details))?$new_details . ', ':'';
       }
       $variable = trim($variable, ',');
       echo $variable;
 

[sweetpeet]

try this:

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    $Edit_included = array( "null", $bread, $saladDressing, $tomato, $lettuce, $onion);
    echo 'Included: ';
    foreach( $Edit_included as $new_details ){
       $variable .= (!empty($new_details))?$new_details . ', ':'';
       }
       $variable = trim($variable, ',');
       echo $variable;


PERFECT! thank you!!

[seandisanti]

no problem. What i did there, was use a ternary operation to conditionally add either the value if there was one, or nothing if the variable was empty.

(condition that evaluates to true or false)?value if true:value if false;

it's a neat little structure, but have to be careful not to over use them lest your readability really suffers.