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How do I code this array

I want to write a script that will read in a css file, allow the user to alter the settings via a form and then save the file. The problem I'm having is in figuring out the best way to cross-reference the array I read in and the fields read from the form. This is the code I wrote to read in the css file. It creates a multi-array with each class from the css file in its only array.

Code:

function GetClasses($cssFile)

{

  $classesArray = array();



  if (($fp = @file($cssFile)))

  {

    $i = 0;

    $start = false;

    

    foreach ($fp as $line) 

    {

      if ($line[0] == '#')

      {

        $classesArray[$i][] = $line;

        $start = true;

      }  

      else if ($start)

      {

        $classesArray[$i][] = $line;



        if ($line[0] == '}')

        {

          $i++;

          $start = false;

        }  

      }

    }  

  }

  return $classesArray;

}

Let's say the above creates this array

Code:

 Array

(

    [0] => Array

        (

            [0] => #nav, #nav ul {

            [1] => float: left;

            [2] => width: 58em; 

        )



    [1] => Array

        (

            [0] => #nav a {

            [1] => font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;

            [2] => font-size: .8em;

            [5] => width: 7em;

        )

}

and that the form is setup to hold those values

Code:

<input type="text" name="nav_float"

<input type="text" name="nav_width"

<input type="text" name="nav_a_font_family"

<input type="text" name="nav_a_width"

How do I read in the form elements and match them to the correct array element? The only way I can think of is to assign numbers to the form elements, like

Code:

<input type="text" name="0_0_nav_float"

<input type="text" name="0_1_nav_width"

<input type="text" name="1_0_nav_a_font_family"

<input type="text" name="1_1_nav_a_width"

Then I would explode each name and match it to the array element using those keys but that seems awfully convoluted. Is there some better way to do this?

Hi Benton,

In the HTML-Form just write:

HTML Code:

<input type="text" name="nav[float]" />

<input type="text" name="nav[width]" />

<input type="text" name="nav[a][font_family]" />

<input type="text" name="nav[a][width]" />

$_POST['nav'] should return the following:

Code:

$_POST['nav'] = array(

    'float' => 'some value',

    'width' => 'some value',

    'a' => array(

        'font-family'=>'some value',

        'width' => 'some value'

    )

);

Please let me know it this works, I am not really shure.

Greetings,

Alex

Oh, I understand what you're asking now. Awuehr's solution looks as though it might work, and work very well, too!

Quote:

Originally Posted by awuehr (Post 18964)

Hi Benton,

Please let me know it this works, I am not really shure.

Greetings,

Alex

Thanks for the suggestion. I hadn't thought of getting an array from the form and it is better than what I had. I've done that before using the serialize function so coding it isn't a problem. But that wasn't really the part I was having a problem with, or maybe I don't fully understand your solution.

Let's say there is one class in the css file so when the file is read in, the array will appear as

Code:

 Array

(

    [0] => Array

        (

            [0] => #nav, #nav ul {

            [1] => float: left;

            [2] => width: 58em; 

        )

}

When the array is then created from the form, it would appear as

Code:

$_POST['nav'] = array(

    'float' => 'some value',

    'width' => 'some value'

);

What I am failing to see is how to transfer the elements of the second array into the first. The

Code:

[0] => #nav, #nav ul

entry would have to stay the same since that is the actual class name and is required for proper operation. Do I just walk through both arrays and set the items after that? Something like

Code:

foreach ($1stArray as $array) {

 foreach ($array as $k => $d) {

  $d = $2ndArray[ I don't know what goes here]

I suppose that if I named the form elements with the actual class name, then I could just use the new array read from the form. Is having a form element setup like the following considered valid code?

Code:

<input type="text" name="#nav, #nav ul {"

I hope the above explained the problem I am having a little better.