> > OK, so it's just the other way round - I see. Instead of deleting the
entry
> > with the highest expiry date we delete all the others:
> >
> > foreach ($foo as $key => $value) {
> >
> > $tempArray = array();
> >
> > foreach ($value as $subkey => $subvalue) {
> >
> > // add expires value only to the temporary array for
> > sorting
> > $tempArray[$subkey] = $foo[$key][$subkey]['expires'];
> > }
> >
> > // sort array by value descending
> > arsort($tempArray);
> >
> > /* new stuff starts here */
> > // remove the entry with the latest expiry (the first array
> > element)
> > array_push($tempArray);
> >
> > // now unset all remaining/not needed entries
> > foreach ($tempArray as $tempKey => $tempValue) {
> >
> > unset($foo[$key][$tempKey]);
> > }
> > }
> >
> > By the way, isn't there a way to filter this stuff BEFORE or WHILE the
whole
> > array is created?
>
> Thanks for the help. I'll give that snippet a try and see what comes out.
>
> The array is a result of a rather nasty SQL statement running against a
> database (which I didn't design). Unfortunately, the way the database is
> designed, its very difficult to extract the domain information.
>
> I am in the process of rewriting the entire thing as a Java application,
> hopefully that will make things a bit clearer, since I'll also be
> refactoring the database schema.
Please let me know if it works. I'm sure there's a more elegant way to do
it.
> Many thanks,
> Burhan
You're welcome ;)
Torsten
--
PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/)
To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
