Re: New syntax for multidimensional array loop with foreach
On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Christian Stoller <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi internals,
>
> during my current work I had an idea for shorter array iteration with foreach. I haven’t seen
> such a syntax until now, but I think it is easy to understand ;-)
>
> Maybe you know the case where you have to iterate over all values of a 2D (or more) array:
>
> $count = 0;
> foreach ($array as $key => $innerArray) {
> foreach ($innerArray as $innerKey => $value) {
> $count += $value;
> // and do something with $key and $innerKey
> }
> }
>
> The new syntax could make it shorter and faster to write... but maybe it's a bit too
> confusing?
>
> $count = 0;
> foreach ($array as $key => $innerArray as $innerKey => $value) {
> $count += $value;
> // and do something with $key and $innerKey
> }
>
> If the keys aren't needed, you can shorten it to:
>
> $count = 0;
> foreach ($array as $innerArray as $value) {
> $count += $value;
> }
>
> What do you think?
>
> --
> Christian Stoller
> LEONEX Internet GmbH
Hi,
Quick question, how would the engine then treat this case:
$array = array();
$array['level1.1']['level2']['level3'] = 'value';
$array['level1.2'] = new StdClass();
foreach($array as $level1 as $level2 as $level3) { ... }
Best regards
----
Florin Patan
https://github.com/dlsniper
http://www.linkedin.com/in/florinpatan
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