At 10:42 PM 12/29/2001 +0100, Stig Venaas wrote: >On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 11:13:11PM +0200, Andi Gutmans wrote: > > I agree with Jim. Arrays can contain "things". Things can also be other > > arrays. You can have an array which contains two other arrays and four > > integers. I don't think we should add these functions because they are > > wrong *especially* the is_array_multidimensional(). > >Agree > > > Of course, if there's a good reason to have them and we're all convinced > > that the reasons are good we could add them. > > Can you please roll back that patch and open up a discussion with examples > > of why this functionality is needed? It might even lead to a different > > solution. > >One solution (not so sure I like it myself), could be a function that >tells whether an array contains values of a given type. Then you could >check if the array contained an array (or any other type). I've never >had a use for such myself.
Let's first try and understand the problem :) In what case does the user need these functions and how often does this happen to people. Once we understand the problem well we can think together of a good solution. Andi -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
