I know I can use a php array but that wasn't the question!!! And no it wouldn't be simpler, certainly for my purpose. The tree structure I need to build is much bigger and much more complex than the example I gave below, so using a normal array is simply not an option. Besides, the tree structure needs to be independent of any programming language.
"Marek Kilimajer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:3DCA5D5E.7090707@;webglobe.sk... > Why cannot you store it in the file as array and just include it. > Simpler and much faster > > > Rishabh Gupta wrote: > > >Hi all, > > I want to write a parser that would read a menu structure in a text > >file, parse it and then turn that into an array structure. The menu > >structure would use brackets to represent a new submenu and for each item in > >the menu there would be some extra properties. EG: > > > >Root > >( > > Sub1 > > ( > > Sub1A > > Sub1B > > ) > > Sub2 > > ( > > Sub2A > > ( > > Sub2Aa > > Sub2Ab > > ) > > Sub2B > > ) > >) > > > > > >The parser needs to turn that menu structure into something like this: > > > >"Root" => array > >( > > "Sub1" => array > > ( > > "Sub1A", > > "Sub1B", > > ), > > "Sub2" => array > > ( > > "Sub2A" => array > > ( > > "Sub2Aa", > > "Sub2Ab" > > ), > > "Sub2B" > > ) > >) > > > > > >In addition to this, I need to have the additional feature of storing > >addition information for each item in the menu. Thus > > > >Root > >( > > Sub1 name=sub1 title="the > >title 1" > > ( > > Sub1A > > Sub1B > > ) > > Sub2 > >) > > > >Would Become Something Like > > > >"Root" => array > >( > > "Sub1" => array > > ( > > "info" => array("name"=>sub1, "title"=>"the title 1"), > > "" => array > > ( > > "Sub1A", > > "Sub1B", > > ) > > ), > > "Sub2" => array > >) > > > > > >Could somebody recommend to what is the best way to implement such a > >function. There are essentially two parts to this. The first part reads and > >parses the text file, and the second part puts the structure into an array. > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > > >Many Thanks > > > >Rishabh > > > > > > > > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
