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I have the following a PHP object with the following properties:
Object:
-Advanced
--Data
To access it in PHP I would have to do the following:
$object->Advanced->Data
Now I want to define a string which has a syntax like this:
$string = "Advanced->Data";
How do I proceed from here to be able to use:
$object->$string = "Something";
So that in the end
$object->Advanced->Data = "Something";
I couldn't figure out using eval or $object->{$string}
If I try to use $object->$string
PHP creates a new property called "Advanced->Data", basically not interpreting the -> Operator.
Though it is a hack, try this, it should work for your case
$arr = array();
$arr['Advanced']['Data'] = 'something';
$string = json_decode(json_encode($arr), 0);
echo $string->Advanced->Data;
Though it is a hack, this can also fetch your desire
$string = &$object->Advanced->Data;
$string = "here we go";
var_dump($object->Advanced->Data);
Probably eval() is not best solution, but it can be useful in your case:
class obj2 {
public $Data = 'test string';
}
class obj1 {
public $Advanced;
public function __construct() {
$this->Advanced = new obj2();
}
}
$test = new obj1();
$string1 = "\$test->Advanced->Data = 'new string';";
$string2 = "\$result = \$test->Advanced->Data;";
eval($string1);
eval($string2);
echo $result . PHP_EOL;
Output will be "new string".
Once try this,
$string = "Advanced->Data";
$arr = explode("->",$string);
$temp = $object->{$arr[0]}->$arr[1];
But this is specific condition. Let me know your requirement if this is not the answer.
I am creating a script that will locate a field in a text file and get the value that I need.
First used the file() function to load my txt into an array by line.
Then I use explode() to create an array for the strings on a selected line.
I assign labels to the array's to describe a $Key and a $Value.
$line = file($myFile);
$arg = 3
$c = explode(" ", $line[$arg]);
$key = strtolower($c[0]);
if (strpos($c[2], '~') !== false) {
$val = str_replace('~', '.', $c[2]);
}else{
$val = $c[2];
}
This works fine but that is a lot of code to have to do over and over again for everything I want to get out of the txt file. So I wanted to create a function that I could call with an argument that would return the value of $key and $val. And this is where I am failing:
<?php
/**
* #author Jason Moore
* #copyright 2014
*/
global $line;
$key = '';
$val = '';
$myFile = "player.txt";
$line = file($myFile); //file in to an array
$arg = 3;
$Character_Name = 3
function get_plr_data2($arg){
global $key;
global $val;
$c = explode(" ", $line[$arg]);
$key = strtolower($c[0]);
if (strpos($c[2], '~') !== false) {
$val = str_replace('~', '.', $c[2]);
}else{
$val = $c[2];
}
return;
}
get_plr_data2($Character_Name);
echo "This character's ",$key,' is ',$val;
?>
I thought that I covered the scope with setting the values in the main and then setting them a global within the function. I feel like I am close but I am just missing something.
I feel like there should be something like return $key,$val; but that doesn't work. I could return an Array but then I would end up typing just as much code to the the info out of the array.
I am missing something with the function and the function argument to. I would like to pass and argument example : get_plr_data2($Character_Name); the argument identifies the line that we are getting the data from.
Any help with this would be more than appreciated.
::Updated::
Thanks to the answers I got past passing the Array.
But my problem is depending on the arguments I put in get_plr_data2($arg) the number of values differ.
I figured that I could just set the Max of num values I could get but this doesn't work at all of course because I end up with undefined offsets instead.
$a = $cdata[0];$b = $cdata[1];$c = $cdata[2];
$d = $cdata[3];$e = $cdata[4];$f = $cdata[5];
$g = $cdata[6];$h = $cdata[7];$i = $cdata[8];
$j = $cdata[9];$k = $cdata[10];$l = $cdata[11];
return array($a,$b,$c,$d,$e,$f,$g,$h,$i,$j,$k,$l);
Now I am thinking that I can use the count function myCount = count($c); to either amend or add more values creating the offsets I need. Or a better option is if there was a way I could generate the return array(), so that it would could the number of values given for array and return all the values needed. I think that maybe I am just making this a whole lot more difficult than it is.
Thanks again for all the help and suggestions
function get_plr_data2($arg){
$myFile = "player.txt";
$line = file($myFile); //file in to an array
$c = explode(" ", $line[$arg]);
$key = strtolower($c[0]);
if (strpos($c[2], '~') !== false) {
$val = str_replace('~', '.', $c[2]);
}else{
$val = $c[2];
}
return array($key,$val);
}
Using:
list($key,$val) = get_plr_data2(SOME_ARG);
you can do this in 2 way
you can return both values in an array
function get_plr_data2($arg){
/* do what you have to do */
$output=array();
$output['key'] =$key;
$output['value']= $value;
return $output;
}
and use the array in your main function
you can use reference so that you can return multiple values
function get_plr_data2($arg,&$key,&$val){
/* do job */
}
//use the function as
$key='';
$val='';
get_plr_data2($arg,$key,$val);
what ever you do to $key in function it will affect the main functions $key
I was over thinking it. Thanks for all they help guys. this is what I finally came up with thanks to your guidance:
<?php
$ch_file = "Thor";
$ch_name = 3;
$ch_lvl = 4;
$ch_clss = 15;
list($a,$b)= get_char($ch_file,$ch_name);//
Echo $a,': ',$b; // Out Puts values from the $cdata array.
function get_char($file,$data){
$myFile = $file.".txt";
$line = file($myFile);
$cdata = preg_split('/\s+/', trim($line[$data]));
return $cdata;
}
Brand new to this community, thanks for all the patience.
I have the following blocks of code:
$ship = $this->get_address($this->dealer_num);
$bill = $this->get_address($this->bill_to_num);
$this->ship_name = $ship['CMNAME'];
$this->ship_address1 = $ship['CMLNE1'];
$this->ship_address2 = $ship['CMLNE2']!='' ? $ship['CMLNE2'] : NULL;
$this->ship_address3 = $ship['CMLNE2']!='' ? $ship['CMLNE3'] : NULL;
$this->ship_city = $ship['CMCITY'];
$this->ship_state = $ship['CMST'];
$this->ship_zip = $ship['CMZIP'];
$this->ship_country = $ship['CMCTRY'];
$this->bill_name = $bill['CMNAME'];
$this->bill_address1 = $bill['CMLNE1'];
$this->bill_address2 = $bill['CMLNE2']!='' ? $bill['CMLNE2'] : NULL;
$this->bill_address3 = $bill['CMLNE3']!='' ? $bill['CMLNE3'] : NULL;
$this->bill_city = $bill['CMCITY'];
$this->bill_state = $bill['CMST'];
$this->bill_zip = $bill['CMZIP'];
$this->bill_country = $bill['CMCTRY'];
Here is the definition of get_address:
private function get_address($key) {
$result = db_query('SELECT CMNAME, CMLNE1, CMLNE2,
CMLNE3, CMCITY, CMST, CMZIP, CMCTRY
FROM myTable
WHERE C1STKY = :key;',
array(':key' => $key));
$info = $result->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
return $info;
}
What are my alternatives for declaring these variables? I hate the big long lists of just variable declarations. Is there a more elegant way to declare these?
The way I ultimately fixed this problem was changing my class definition. Rather than having class properties for each address component, I simply changed my class definition to store the address as an associative array. It felt much cleaner that way.
Thus, the above code became
$this->shipping_address = $this->get_address($this->dealer_num);
$this->billing_address = $this->get_address($this->bill_to_num);
I'll start with explaining what my end goal is as there may be better solutions to it.
I have a function called updateUser which accepts the following parameters:
function updateUser($password = NULL, $name = NULL, $lastname = NULL, $age = NULL, $email = NULL, $relation = NULL)
As you can see I've set them to NULL, so if they aren't passed through the function they become blank. Right? (I hope I got that right)
The problem is that each of those arguments (which are passed) contains info for a user that's going to be sent in to a database, and I only want to include the passed variables in the query as I don't want to set the ones that are not passed to (blank) in the database.
And so I came up with the idea to take all the passed arguments and shove them into an array. And then loop through every item in the array and generate a string like:
$string = "$password, $email";
I guess it would be more flexible if you just pass one array containing the property/value pairs that should be updated:
function updateUser($props) {
$names = array('password', 'name', 'lastname', 'age', 'email', 'relation');
$arr = array();
for ($names as $name) {
if (isset($props[$names])) {
$arr = "$name = '".mysql_real_escape_string($props[$names]).'"';
}
}
if (!empty($arr)) {
$query = "UPDATE … SET ".implode(',', $arr);
}
}
Then you call this function with an array with the properties that should be updated:
updateUser(array('name'=>'User A', 'password'=>'secret'))
Using the function call_user_func() (php.net docs), you can call your database INSERT or UPDATE commands depending on what data is passed to the function.
For example:
function updateUser($password = NULL, $name = NULL, $lastname = NULL,
$age = NULL, $email = NULL, $relation = NULL)
{
$array = array();
// Create an array with indices of passed parameters:
if($password !== NULL) // !== to check for NULL and not empty string.
$array["password"] = $password;
if($name !== NULL)
$array["name"] = $name;
// etc...
call_user_func("addToDb", $array);
}
function addToDb($detailsArray)
{
foreach($detailsArray as $detail)
{
// Add $detail's key with $detail's value to database.
}
}
Gets all arguments and filter variables away which are not a string.
$arguments = func_get_args();
array_filter($arguments, 'is_string');
//$arguments will be an array with numeric indices
I think the problem is that you might not call the function correctly. When you do it like this:
updateUser('pass', 'user', '', '', 'user#example.com');
than the values of $lastname and $age will not be null, but an empty string. But if you call it like this:
updateUser('pass', 'user', null, null, 'user#example.com');
they will remain null.
So I'm trying to learn how to pass arrays through a function, so that I can get around PHP's inability to return multiple values. Haven't been able to get anything to work so far, but here is my best try. Can anybody point out where I'm going wrong?
function foo($array)
{
$array[3]=$array[0]+$array[1]+$array[2];
return $array;
}
$waffles[0]=1;
$waffles[1]=2;
$waffles[2]=3;
foo($waffles);
echo $waffles[3];
For clarification: I want to be able to pass multiple variables into a function, do something, then return multiple variables back out while keeping them seperate. This was just an example I was trying to get working as a work around for not being able to return multiple variables from an array
You seem to be looking for pass-by-reference, to do that make your function look this way (note the ampersand):
function foo(&$array)
{
$array[3]=$array[0]+$array[1]+$array[2];
}
Alternately, you can assign the return value of the function to a variable:
function foo($array)
{
$array[3]=$array[0]+$array[1]+$array[2];
return $array;
}
$waffles = foo($waffles)
You're passing the array into the function by copy. Only objects are passed by reference in PHP, and an array is not an object. Here's what you do (note the &)
function foo(&$arr) { # note the &
$arr[3] = $arr[0]+$arr[1]+$arr[2];
}
$waffles = array(1,2,3);
foo($waffles);
echo $waffles[3]; # prints 6
That aside, I'm not sure why you would do that particular operation like that. Why not just return the sum instead of assigning it to a new array element?
function foo(Array $array)
{
return $array;
}
Try
$waffles = foo($waffles);
Or pass the array by reference, like suggested in the other answers.
In addition, you can add new elements to an array without writing the index, e.g.
$waffles = array(1,2,3); // filling on initialization
or
$waffles = array();
$waffles[] = 1;
$waffles[] = 2;
$waffles[] = 3;
On a sidenote, if you want to sum all values in an array, use array_sum()
I always return multiple values by using a combination of list() and array()s:
function DecideStuffToReturn() {
$IsValid = true;
$AnswerToLife = 42;
// Build the return array.
return array($IsValid, $AnswerToLife);
}
// Part out the return array in to multiple variables.
list($IsValid, $AnswerToLife) = DecideStuffToReturn();
You can name them whatever you like. I chose to keep the function variables and the return variables the same for consistency but you can call them whatever you like.
See list() for more information.
i know a Class is a bit the overkill
class Foo
{
private $sum = NULL;
public function __construct($array)
{
$this->sum[] = $array;
return $this;
}
public function getSum()
{
$sum = $this->sum;
for($i=0;$i<count($sum);$i++)
{
// get the last array index
$res[$i] = $sum[$i] + $sum[count($sum)-$i];
}
return $res;
}
}
$fo = new Foo($myarray)->getSum();
Here is how I do it. This way I can actually get a function to simulate returning multiple values;
function foo($array)
{
foreach($array as $_key => $_value)
{
$str .= "{$_key}=".$_value.'&';
}
return $str = substr($str, 0, -1);
}
/* Set the variables to pass to function, in an Array */
$waffles['variable1'] = "value1";
$waffles['variable2'] = "value2";
$waffles['variable3'] = "value3";
/* Call Function */
parse_str( foo( $waffles ));
/* Function returns multiple variable/value pairs */
echo $variable1 ."<br>";
echo $variable2 ."<br>";
echo $variable3 ."<br>";
Especially usefull if you want, for example all fields in a database
to be returned as variables, named the same as the database table fields.
See 'db_fields( )' function below.
For example, if you have a query
select login, password, email from members_table where id = $id
Function returns multiple variables:
$login, $password and $email
Here is the function:
function db_fields($field, $filter, $filter_by, $table = 'members_table') {
/*
This function will return as variable names, all fields that you request,
and the field values assigned to the variables as variable values.
$filter_by = TABLE FIELD TO FILTER RESULTS BY
$filter = VALUE TO FILTER BY
$table = TABLE TO RUN QUERY AGAINST
Returns single string value or ARRAY, based on whether user requests single
field or multiple fields.
We return all fields as variable names. If multiple rows
are returned, check is_array($return_field); If > 0, it contains multiple rows.
In that case, simply run parse_str($return_value) for each Array Item.
*/
$field = ($field == "*") ? "*,*" : $field;
$fields = explode(",",$field);
$assoc_array = ( count($fields) > 0 ) ? 1 : 0;
if (!$assoc_array) {
$result = mysql_fetch_assoc(mysql_query("select $field from $table where $filter_by = '$filter'"));
return ${$field} = $result[$field];
}
else
{
$query = mysql_query("select $field from $table where $filter_by = '$filter'");
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query)) {
foreach($row as $_key => $_value) {
$str .= "{$_key}=".$_value.'&';
}
return $str = substr($str, 0, -1);
}
}
}
Below is a sample call to function. So, If we need to get User Data for say $user_id = 12345, from the members table with fields ID, LOGIN, PASSWORD, EMAIL:
$filter = $user_id;
$filter_by = "ID";
$table_name = "members_table"
parse_str(db_fields('LOGIN, PASSWORD, EMAIL', $filter, $filter_by, $table_name));
/* This will return the following variables: */
echo $LOGIN ."<br>";
echo $PASSWORD ."<br>";
echo $EMAIL ."<br>";
We could also call like this:
parse_str(db_fields('*', $filter, $filter_by, $table_name));
The above call would return all fields as variable names.
You are not able to return 'multiple values' in PHP. You can return a single value, which might be an array.
function foo($test1, $test2, $test3)
{
return array($test1, $test2, $test3);
}
$test1 = "1";
$test2 = "2";
$test3 = "3";
$arr = foo($test1, $test2, $test3);
$test1 = $arr[0];
$test2 = $arr[1];
$test3 = $arr[2];
Another way is:
$NAME = "John";
$EMAIL = "John#gmail.com";
$USERNAME = "John123";
$PASSWORD = "1234";
$array = Array ("$NAME","$EMAIL","$USERNAME","$PASSWORD");
function getAndReturn (Array $array){
return $array;
}
print_r(getAndReturn($array));