Pretty neat code, but i usually don't like passing parameters by reference.
And i really can't see the use of the first "if ($found)" in
isInJaggedArrayHelper method... it's always going to be false when you first
call that method.
Anyway, here's my version of it. Tell me if it's any good.
On 1/27/07, Ala'a Ibrahim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> A colleague and I had written a code to search within a jagged array of
> strings, the problem is that I'm still not convinced that this is the best
> way to do it, so if anyone has a better idea please share it.
>
> Attached is the code, and a unit test for it using simpletest (
> http://simpletest.org/)
>
> --
> Ala'a A. Ibrahim
> http://alaa-ibrahim.com/guru
> >
>
>
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<?php
/**
* ArraySearcher.php Created on 25-Jan-07
*
* @author Ala'a A. Ibrahim <alaa_ibrahim at maktoob dot com>
* @version 0.1.25.1.2007
*/
/**
* An Array Search API
*
* @author Moh'd. Abu Khamis <mohmad_abu_khamis at maktoob dot com>
* @author Ala'a A. Ibrahim <alaa_ibrahim at maktoob dot com>
* @version 0.1.25.1.2007
*/
class ArraySearcher {
/**
* Search Within a Jagged Array of Strings
*
* @author Faisal Dajani <faisal dot dajani at google dot com>
* @param array $array
* @param string $needle
* @param bool $strict if true it would be case sensitive
* @return bool
*/
public function isInJaggedArray($array, $needle, $strict = false) {
foreach ($array as $i) {
if (is_array($i)) {
if (isInJaggedArray($i, $needle, $strict)) {
return true;
}
} else {
if ($strict) {
if (0 == strcmp($i, $needle)) {
return true;
}
} else {
if (0 == strcasecmp($i, $needle)) {
return true;
}
}
}
}
return false;
}
}
?>
