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Array and Switch Problem

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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

  <title> Employee Office Array </title>

</head>
<body>

<form action="emp_office_array.php" method="post">
<p>Office:
<select name ="office">
<option value="">Pick One</option>
<option value="foyer">Foyer</option>
<option value="common">Common</option>
<option value="north">North</option>
<option value="south">South</option>
</select></p>

<input type="submit" name="submit"
value="Query" />

<?php
//Create first array:
$foyer = array(0=> "1. John Smith");

//create second array:
$common = array(0=> "1. Fred Flintstone" , "2. Ann Jones");

//create third array:
$north = array(0=> "1. Pebbles Flintstone", "2. Dino Flintstone");

//create fourth array:
$south = array(0=> "1. Betty Rubble", "2. Barney Rubble", "3. Great Gazoo");

//creat associtive array:
$offices = array (
'Foyer' => $foyer,
'Common' => $common,
'North' => $north,
'South' => $south
);

//print contents

//var_dump($offices);
$offices=$_POST['offices'];
switch ($offices){
    case 'Foyer':
    print "<p>Employee in $foyer is</p>";
    print "<p><i>{$offices['foyer'][0]}</i>.</p>";
    break;
    case 'common':
    print "<p> Employee in $common are</p>";
    print "<p><i>{$offices['Common'][0][1]}</i>.</p>";
    break;
    print "<p> Employee in $north are</p>";
    print "<p><i>{$offices['North'][0][1]}</i>.</p>";
    break;
    print "<p> Employee in $south are</p>";
    print "<p><i>{$offices['South'][0][1][2]}</i>.</p>";
    break;
}//end of switch

?>
</form>
</body>
</html>

vacunita (Programmer)

24 Oct 11 19:25

There's a few errors there which should be showing up.

However the main issue seems to be that you are overwriting your array so it is no longer an array, but a string.

CODE

$offices = array (
'Foyer' => $foyer,
'Common' => $common,
'North' => $north,
'South' => $south
);

//print contents

//var_dump($offices);
$offices=$_POST['offices'];

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tekpr00 (IS/IT--Management)

24 Oct 11 19:45

How would you suggest I call the array from the inside a switch statement

Thanks.

Geates (Programmer)

24 Oct 11 20:37

the select tag in the form has the name "office", so

CODE

switch($_POST['office'])

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tekpr00 (IS/IT--Management)

24 Oct 11 20:57

I changed it as you suggested. Even with that only common is showing the print out and it is not showing any of the variables in the array.

CODE

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

  <title> Employee Office Array </title>

</head>
<body>

<form action="emp_office_array.php" method="post">

<p>Office:
<select name ="office">
<option value="">Pick One</option>
<option value="foyer">Foyer</option>
<option value="common">Common</option>
<option value="north">North</option>
<option value="south">South</option>
</select></p>

<input type="submit" name="submit"
value="Query" />

<?php
//Create first array:
$foyer = array(0=> "1. John Smith");

//create second array:
$common = array(0=> "1. Fred Flintstone" , "2. Ann Jones");

//create third array:
$north = array(0=> "1. Pebbles Flintstone", "2. Dino Flintstone");

//create fourth array:
$south = array(0=> "1. Betty Rubble", "2. Barney Rubble", "3. Great Gazoo");

//creat associtive array:
$offices = array (
'Foyer' => $foyer,
'Common' => $common,
'North' => $north,
'South' => $south
);

//print contents

//var_dump($offices);
//$offices_switch=$_POST['offices'];
switch($_POST['office']){
    case 'Foyer':
    print "<p>Employee in Foyer is<i>{$offices['Foyer'][0]}</i>.</p>";
    break;
    case 'common':
    print "<p> Employee in Common are<i>{$offices['Common'][0][1]}</i>.</p>";
    break;
    print "<p> Employee in North are</p>";
    print "<p><i>{$offices['North'][0][1]}</i>.</p>";
    break;
    print "<p> Employee in South are</p>";
    print "<p><i>{$offices['South'][0][1][2]}</i>.</p>";
    break;
}//end of switch

?>
</form>
</body>
</html>

tekpr00 (IS/IT--Management)

25 Oct 11 0:42

Here is my latest code, please help me.

CODE

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">
<head>
  <meta http-equiv="Content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" />

  <title> Employee Office Array </title>

</head>
<body>

<form action="emp_office_array.php" method="post">

<p>Office:
<select name ="office">
<option value="">Pick One</option>
<option value="foyer">Foyer</option>
<option value="common">Common</option>
<option value="north">North</option>
<option value="south">South</option>
</select></p>

<input type="submit" name="submit"
value="Query" />

<?php
//Create first array:
$foyer = array(0=> ' John Smith');

//create second array:
$common = array(0=> '1. Fred Flintstone' , '2. Ann Jones');

//create third array:
$north = array(0=> '1. Pebbles Flintstone', '2. Dino Flintstone');

//create fourth array:
$south = array(0=> '1. Betty Rubble', '2. Barney Rubble', '3. Great Gazoo');

//creat associtive array:
$offices = array (
'Foyer' => $foyer,
'Common' => $common,
'North' => $north,
'South' => $south
);

//print contents

//var_dump($offices);
//$offices_switch=$_POST['offices'];
switch($_POST['office']){
    case 'foyer':
    print "<p>Employee in Foyer is<i>{$offices['Foyer'] [0]}</i>.</p>";
    break;
    case 'common':
    print "<p> Employee in Common are<i>{$offices['Common'][0][1]}</i>.</p>";
    break;
    case 'north':
    print "<p> Employee in North are<i>{$offices['North'][0][1]}</i>.</p>";
    break;
    case 'south':
    print "<p> Employee in South are<i>{$offices['South'][0][1][2]}</i>.</p>";
    break;
}//end of switch
?>
</form>
</body>
</html>

merlinx (Programmer)

7 Mar 12 14:03

you should try it perhaps this way:

$offices = array (
'foyer' = array(0 => ' John Smith'),
'common' = array(0 => '1. Fred Flintstone' , 1 => '2. Ann Jones'),
'north' = array(0=> '1. Pebbles Flintstone', 1 => '2. Dino Flintstone'),
'South' = array(0=> '1. Betty Rubble', 1 => '2. Barney Rubble', 2 => '3. Great Gazoo'));

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