> -----Original Message-----
> From: Charles Kline [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 15 March 2003 18:52
>
> I have an array that gives me this when I do:
>
> print_r($my_array);
>
> Array
> (
> [0] => Array
> (
> [dra_id] => 5
> )
>
> [1] => Array
> (
> [dra_id] => 8
> )
>
> [2] => Array
> (
> [dra_id] => 9
> )
>
> )
>
> using a foreach() I want to create a variable with a unique
> incremental
> name for each of the values.
>
> for example:
>
> $dra_1 = 5;
> $dra_2 = 8;
> $dra_3 = 9;
>
> How would I do this? A variable that has a variable name based on a
> counter in the loop? Not sure the syntax for that.
Well, first question is: why do you want the individual variables? --
wouldn't a more compact array work better? (Genuine question -- you may
have a legitimate reason for doing it the way you've asked!) You could
create a 1-dimensional array keyed off the dra_ids like this:
foreach ($my array as $key=>$sub):
$dra_ids[$key] = $sub['dra_id'];
endforeach;
This makes $dra_ids be an array like:
Array
(
[0] => int(5)
[1] => int(8)
[2] => int(9)
)
so that instead of using $dra_1 etc, you could use $dra_ids[0] etc.
(As a final touch, if you now no longer need the original array, you could
do:
unset ($my_array);
)
Cheers!
Mike
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