Re: [PHP] mysql_fetch_array() vs mysql_fetch_assoc() WAS: Re: [PHP] Why does this script run out of memory?
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 06:19:56PM -0400, Daniel Brown wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 18:13, Paul Halliday wrote:
> >
> > Whats the difference between fetch_assoc and fetch_row?
> >
> > I use:
> > while ($row = mysql_fetch_row($theQuery)) {
> > ? ?doCartwheel;
> > }
> >
> > on just under 300 million rows and nothing craps out. I have
> > memory_limit set to 4GB though. Although, IIRC I pushed it up for GD
> > not mysql issues.
> >
> > Same OS and php ver, MySQL is 5.1.48
>
> Please don't hijack other's threads to ask a question. I've
> started this as a new thread to address this question.
>
> mysql_fetch_array() grabs all of the data and places it in a
> simple numerically-keyed array.
>
> By contrast, mysql_fetch_assoc() grabs it and populates an
> associative array. This means that the column names (or aliases, et
> cetera) become the keys for the array. With mysql_fetch_assoc(), you
> can still call an array key by number, but it's not vice-versa with
> mysql_fetch_array().
I'm not seeing any numeric keys in my mysql_fetch_assoc() arrays.
However, mysql_fetch_row (by default) does both: the array will be
indexed numerically from 0 to N-1 corresponding to the table's N
columns, and the array will also have string key indices which
correspond to the query's column names. So by default,
mysql_fetch_row uses twice the amount of data, because each field
appears in the array twice.
var_dump( $row ) will show in graphic detail.
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Re: [PHP] Why does this script run out of memory?
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 02:57:02PM -0700, Tommy Pham wrote: > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 9:38 AM, Jim Long wrote: > > > I'm running PHP 5.3.8 on FreeBSD 8.2 with MySQL 5.1.55. > > > > > Jim, > > Installed from packages or standard port tree build? Did you do any tweak > for the ports build? Any special compiler parameters in your make.conf? > I've noticed that you used MySQL extensions. Have you tried MySQLi to see > if there's any difference? > > Regards, > Tommy MySQL server and PHP and extensions built from ports, without any local tweaks. Nothing very interesting in /etc/make.conf: MASTER_SITE_FREEBSD=1 CPUTYPE?=p3 USA_RESIDENT=YES NO_INET6=YES WITHOUT_IPV6=YES NO_I4B=true NO_BLUETOOTH=true NO_IPFILTER=true NO_KERBEROS=true NO_ATM=true # do not build ATM related programs and libraries NOUUCP=true # do not build uucp related programs NO_UUCP=true # do not build uucp related programs NO_GAMES=true NO_PROFILE=true PERL_VERSION=5.10.1 Port options for php5-extensions are: _OPTIONS_READ=php5-extensions-1.5 WITH_BCMATH=true WITHOUT_BZ2=true WITHOUT_CALENDAR=true WITH_CTYPE=true WITHOUT_CURL=true WITHOUT_DBA=true WITH_DOM=true WITHOUT_EXIF=true WITH_FILEINFO=true WITH_FILTER=true WITHOUT_FRIBIDI=true WITH_FTP=true WITHOUT_GD=true WITHOUT_GETTEXT=true WITHOUT_GMP=true WITH_HASH=true WITHOUT_ICONV=true WITHOUT_IMAP=true WITHOUT_INTERBASE=true WITH_JSON=true WITHOUT_LDAP=true WITHOUT_MBSTRING=true WITHOUT_MCRYPT=true WITHOUT_MSSQL=true WITH_MYSQL=true WITHOUT_MYSQLI=true WITHOUT_ODBC=true WITHOUT_OPENSSL=true WITHOUT_PCNTL=true WITH_PDF=true WITH_PDO=true WITHOUT_PDO_SQLITE=true WITH_PGSQL=true WITH_POSIX=true WITHOUT_PSPELL=true WITHOUT_READLINE=true WITHOUT_RECODE=true WITH_SESSION=true WITHOUT_SHMOP=true WITH_SIMPLEXML=true WITHOUT_SNMP=true WITHOUT_SOAP=true WITHOUT_SOCKETS=true WITHOUT_SQLITE=true WITHOUT_SQLITE3=true WITHOUT_SYBASE_CT=true WITHOUT_SYSVMSG=true WITHOUT_SYSVSEM=true WITHOUT_SYSVSHM=true WITHOUT_TIDY=true WITH_TOKENIZER=true WITHOUT_WDDX=true WITH_XML=true WITH_XMLREADER=true WITHOUT_XMLRPC=true WITH_XMLWRITER=true WITHOUT_XSL=true WITHOUT_YAZ=true WITHOUT_ZIP=true WITHOUT_ZLIB=true As Daniel suggested, using mysql_query_unbuffered works a treat, at the expense of a small amount of additional programming complexity. In my prior work with Postgres, I found that it would handle small or large datasets with equal ease, so I was surprised to find that MySQL blew up given a sufficient number of repeated calls to mysql_fetch_row(); Thank you for mentioning MySQLi. Although it is alphabetically adjacent in the documentation, it had never drawn my attention. I'll build the PHP extension and take a look when time permits. Jim -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Why does this script run out of memory?
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 03:42:48PM -0400, Eric Butera wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Daniel Brown wrote:
> > On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 13:25, Jim Long wrote:
> >>
> >> Eric:
> >>
> >> Thanks for your reply.
> >>
> >> "process row here" is a comment. ??It doesn't do anything. ??The
> >> script, exactly as shown, runs out of memory, exactly as shown.
> >
> > ?? ??My response presumes that you're planning on placing something
> > into this comment area, in which the memory will only further
> > increase. ??If *presumed* should be replaced by *ASSumed* in this case,
> > skip mysql_unbuffered_query() and go straight for mysql_num_rows().
> > Do not pass GO. ??Do not collect $200.
> >
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> I was glad to learn what comments were.
Eric: Please forgive me if I was curt in my message to you. I
don't mean to bite the hands that are trying to help. As Daniel
rightly observed, my concern is just that if a pretty much empty
while loop runs out of memory when trying to step through each
record, I'm really going to be hosed if I try to start doing some
productive work within the while loop.
Daniel's memory trend analysis is helpful. I'm testing from the
command line, so there's no Apache overhead, but the memory usage
starts as:
1 12145496
2 12145976
3 12146408
4 12146804
5 12147200
6 12147596
...
I normally prefer to work in PostgreSQL, but the client has already
gone down the MySQL road. Just for edification's sake, I exported
the table in PostgreSQL and re-worked my code:
if (!($db_conn = pg_connect( "host=$db_host user=$db_user dbname=$db_name
password=$db_pwd" )))
die( "Can't connect to SQL server\n" );
$qry = "select * from test_table order by contract";
if ($result = pg_query( $db_conn, $qry )) {
$n = 0;
while ($row = pg_fetch_assoc( $result )) {
unset( $row );
$n++;
echo sprintf( "%7d %12d\n", $n, memory_get_peak_usage() );
} // while
pg_free_result($result);
echo "$n\n";
} else {
die( pg_last_error() . "\n" );
}
Using PostgreSQL (on a completely different machine), this runs
to completion, and memory consumption is nearly flat:
1 329412
2 329724
3 329796
4 329796
5 329796
...
295283 329860
295284 329860
295285 329860
295286 329860
295287 329860
295287
If one were to describe the memory consumption as a 'leak', then
PostgreSQL is leaking at a much slower rate than MySQL. Postgres
leaks as much over the entire run (329860-329412=448) as MySQL
does on each row. Put another way, the MySQL version leaks
memory almost 300,000 times faster.
My PostgreSQL machine also has MySQL installed, so I ran the
MySQL version of the code on that machine for testing, a second
opinion if you like. It leaked memory almost as bad as my
client's PHP/MySQL installation, but a little more slowly, 396
bytes or so per row. The slower memory consumption enabled the
code to run to completion, barely:
1 12149492
2 12149972
3 12150404
4 12150800
...
295284129087704
295285129088100
295286129088496
295287129088892
295287
So is this just a difference in the programming quality of the
database extensions for MySQL vs. PostgreSQL that one gobbles up
memory profusely, while the other one has only a slight, slow
leak?
I will try experimenting with Daniel's idea of unbuffered
queries, but my understanding is that while an unbuffered result
resource is in use, no other SQL transactions can be conducted.
Maybe I can get around that by using one MySQL connection for the
unbuffered query, and another separate MySQL connection for the
incidental SQL queries that I need to perform as I process each
record from the large dataset.
Jim
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Re: [PHP] Why does this script run out of memory?
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 03:24:37PM -0400, Jim Giner wrote: > If all you want to do is count the records, why are you not letting sql do > it for you instead of doing the while loop? That's all that script is > doing, if that is the exact code you ran. Hi, Jim. Thank you for replying. One of the key concepts of troubleshooting is that when you encounter a problem, you try to state the problem with as simple a test case as possible, so that testing will not be complicated by extraneous variables or code that may or may not have any impact on the problem. I don't want to just count the records, I want to get some work done for a client. That work involves processing every record in the result set. "Counting" is just a simple process to conduct for the purpose of debugging this loop algorithm. The problem is that this algorithm fails to process all the records in the result set. I appreciate any insights you have as to why that is happening. Jim -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] BP for Looping through an Array
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:09:24PM -0600, George Langley wrote:
> Hi all. Am wondering if there is a best practice for looping through an
> array, when you need both the item and its position (ie. 1, 2, 3). The
> two ways I know of:
>
> // the for loop tracks the position and you get each item from the array
> $allFiles = array("coffee.jpg", "tea.jpg", "milk.jpg");
> $numberOfFiles = count($allFiles);
> for ($i=1; $i<=$numberOfFiles; $i++) {
> $currFile = $allFiles[$i - 1]; // since arrays start with 0
> doThisWith($currFile);
> doThatWith($i);
> }
>
> OR:
>
> // the for loop gets each item and you track the position
> $allFiles = array("coffee.jpg", "tea.jpg", "milk.jpg");
> $counter = 1;
> foreach ($allFiles as $currFile) {
> doThisWith($currFile);
> doThatWith($counter);
> $counter += 1;
> }
>
> Both are the same number of lines, but my tests (see code below)
> indicate that the foreach loop is twice as fast.
> Anyone have a "better" way - faster, more efficient, "cooler", etc.?
> (Or see some flaw in my test code below?)
> Thanks.
>
> George Langley
If you are certain that your array is consecutively indexed from
0, you can shave two lines off your code with:
$allFiles = array("coffee.jpg", "tea.jpg", "milk.jpg");
foreach ($allFiles as $key => $currFile) {
doThisWith($currFile);
doThatWith($key+1);
}
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Re: Re: [PHP] Why does this script run out of memory?
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 01:32:32PM -0400, James wrote:
> >
> >On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Jim Long wrote:
> >> I'm running PHP 5.3.8 on FreeBSD 8.2 with MySQL 5.1.55.
> >>
> >> The script below is designed to be able to WHILE it's way through
> >> a MySQL query result set, and process each row.
> >>
> >> However, it runs out of memory a little after a quarter million
> >> rows. ??The schema fields total to about 200 bytes per row, so
> >> the row size doesn't seem very large.
> >>
> >> Why is this running out of memory?
> >>
> >> Thank you!
> >>
> >> Jim
> >>
> >> >>
> >> $test_db_host = "localhost";
> >> $test_db_user = "foo";
> >> $test_db_pwd ??= "bar";
> >> $test_db_name = "farkle";
> >>
> >> $db_host = $test_db_host;
> >> $db_user = $test_db_user;
> >> $db_name = $test_db_name;
> >> $db_pwd ??= $test_db_pwd;
> >>
> >> if (!($db_conn = mysql_connect( $db_host, $db_user, $db_pwd )))
> >> ?? ?? ?? ??die( "Can't connect to MySQL server\n" );
> >>
> >> if (!mysql_select_db( $db_name, $db_conn ))
> >> ?? ?? ?? ??die( "Can't connect to database $db_name\n" );
> >>
> >> $qry = "select * from test_table order by contract";
> >>
> >> if ($result = mysql_query( $qry, $db_conn )) {
> >>
> >> ?? ?? ?? ??$n = 0;
> >> ?? ?? ?? ??while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc( $result )) {
> >> // process row here
> >> ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??$n++;
> >> ?? ?? ?? ??} // while
> >>
> >> ?? ?? ?? ??mysql_free_result($result);
> >> ?? ?? ?? ??echo "$n\n";
> >>
> >> } else {
> >>
> >> ?? ?? ?? ??die( mysql_error() . "\n" );
> >>
> >> }
> >>
> >> ?>
> >>
> >>
> >> PHP Fatal error: ??Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried
> >> to allocate 20 bytes) in xx3.php on line 24
> >>
> >> Line 24 is:
> >>
> >> ?? ??24 ?? ?? ?? ?? ??while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc( $result )) {
> >>
> >
> >Not sure what is happening inside "process row here," but I'm sure
> >that is where your issue is. Instead of building some giant structure
> >inside of that while statement you should flush it out to the screen.
> >
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> Try unsetting the $row variable, you may be fetching extremely
> large rows but that's a big if, because your script is allowed to
> allocate 128MB of memory before puking. Are you dealing with very
> large data sets from the database? If you are dealing with large
> data sets, then try redefining your query.
James:
Thanks for taking time to help.
The row size is small by my standards (see below). The query result
has just under 300,000 records, and it's puking about 90% of the way
through.
Changing the while loop to:
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc( $result )) {
$n++;
echo sprintf( "%7d %12d\n", $n, memory_get_peak_usage() );
} // while
the tail end of the output becomes:
274695134203084
274696134203524
274697134203964
PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to
allocate 240 bytes) in xx3.php on line 26
Changing the while loop further to:
while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc( $result )) {
unset( $row );
$n++;
echo sprintf( "%7d %12d\n", $n, memory_get_peak_usage() );
} // while
the tail end of the output becomes:
274695134202232
274696134202672
274697134203112
274698134203552
274699134203992
PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to
allocate 240 bytes) in xx3.php on line 27
So it does get a little farther through the dataset, but not much.
Jim
mysql> describe test_table;
+--+-+--+-+-+---+
| Field| Type| Null | Key | Default | Extra |
+--+-+--+-+-+---+
| contract | int(11) | YES | | NULL| |
| A| int(8) unsigned | NO | | 0 | |
| B| datetime| YES | | NULL| |
| C| int(8) unsigned | YES | | 0 | |
| D| char(8) | YES | | NULL| |
| E| char(8) | YES | | | |
| F| int(4) | YES | | 0 | |
| G| int(1) | YES | | 0 | |
| H| char(8) | YES | | 00:00 | |
| I| varchar(100)| YES | | XXX | |
+--+-+--+-+-+---+
10 rows in set (0.00 sec)
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Re: [PHP] Why does this script run out of memory?
On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 01:21:36PM -0400, Eric Butera wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 28, 2011 at 12:38 PM, Jim Long wrote:
> > I'm running PHP 5.3.8 on FreeBSD 8.2 with MySQL 5.1.55.
> >
> > The script below is designed to be able to WHILE it's way through
> > a MySQL query result set, and process each row.
> >
> > However, it runs out of memory a little after a quarter million
> > rows. ??The schema fields total to about 200 bytes per row, so
> > the row size doesn't seem very large.
> >
> > Why is this running out of memory?
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > >
> > $test_db_host = "localhost";
> > $test_db_user = "foo";
> > $test_db_pwd ??= "bar";
> > $test_db_name = "farkle";
> >
> > $db_host = $test_db_host;
> > $db_user = $test_db_user;
> > $db_name = $test_db_name;
> > $db_pwd ??= $test_db_pwd;
> >
> > if (!($db_conn = mysql_connect( $db_host, $db_user, $db_pwd )))
> > ?? ?? ?? ??die( "Can't connect to MySQL server\n" );
> >
> > if (!mysql_select_db( $db_name, $db_conn ))
> > ?? ?? ?? ??die( "Can't connect to database $db_name\n" );
> >
> > $qry = "select * from test_table order by contract";
> >
> > if ($result = mysql_query( $qry, $db_conn )) {
> >
> > ?? ?? ?? ??$n = 0;
> > ?? ?? ?? ??while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc( $result )) {
> > // process row here
> > ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ??$n++;
> > ?? ?? ?? ??} // while
> >
> > ?? ?? ?? ??mysql_free_result($result);
> > ?? ?? ?? ??echo "$n\n";
> >
> > } else {
> >
> > ?? ?? ?? ??die( mysql_error() . "\n" );
> >
> > }
> >
> > ?>
> >
> >
> > PHP Fatal error: ??Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried
> > to allocate 20 bytes) in xx3.php on line 24
> >
> > Line 24 is:
> >
> > ?? ??24 ?? ?? ?? ?? ??while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc( $result )) {
> >
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>
> Not sure what is happening inside "process row here," but I'm sure
> that is where your issue is. Instead of building some giant structure
> inside of that while statement you should flush it out to the screen.
Eric:
Thanks for your reply.
"process row here" is a comment. It doesn't do anything. The
script, exactly as shown, runs out of memory, exactly as shown.
Jim
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[PHP] Why does this script run out of memory?
I'm running PHP 5.3.8 on FreeBSD 8.2 with MySQL 5.1.55.
The script below is designed to be able to WHILE it's way through
a MySQL query result set, and process each row.
However, it runs out of memory a little after a quarter million
rows. The schema fields total to about 200 bytes per row, so
the row size doesn't seem very large.
Why is this running out of memory?
Thank you!
Jim
PHP Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to
allocate 20 bytes) in xx3.php on line 24
Line 24 is:
24 while ($row = mysql_fetch_assoc( $result )) {
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[PHP] re: sort comma from $value
Hi,
Figured it out.
I needed to reset my output array $numeric_array.
//strip the commas from numeric array so it can sort properly---
foreach($numeric_array as $key => $value ) {
if(strstr($value,","))
{
$value = ereg_replace(",","", "$value");
$numeric_array[$key] = $value; //<reset the output array
echo "comma stripped";
}
}
Thanks again for all your help,
Jim Long
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[PHP] re: strip comma from $value
Hi,
Thanks to those who are helping me.
Matt,
Same result, echo's sucess, but commas are still out put in the $numeric_array.
Jim Long
Matt Wrote:
> foreach($numeric_array as $key => $value ) {
> if(strstr($value,","))
> {
> $value = ereg_replace(",","",$value);
> echo "comma stripped";
> }
> }
Hugh Wrote:
>
> try ereg_replace(",","",$value);
Orignal post:
> Hi,
>
> I've figured out the way to solve my problem is to get rid of the commas
> before I sort.
>
> Trying to use this:
>
> //strip the commas---
> foreach ($numeric_array as $key => $value) {
> if (stristr($value, ",")){
> //test to see if it worked
> echo("comma striped");
> }
> }
>
> --
>
> It passed the test but,
> I'm doing something wrong because the commas are still there.
>
> TIA,
> Jim Long
>
> Jim Long Wrote:
> > Does anyone know how to make the flag "sort_numeric" work?
> > Will it work with asort?
> >
> > asort ($numeric_array, SORT_NUMERIC);
> > I've tried this but it looks like it's having problems with the comma in
> > big numbers.
> > I'm not absolutely sure, but it looks like it's ignoring everything
> > after a comma when it sorts.
> >
>
>
> >
> > BTW: asort is the one I need as I must maintain the keys
> >
> > JanetVal Wrote:
> >
> > > sort() sorts by value but assigns new keys as numbers.
> > > asort() sorts by value, but keeps the same keys
> > > ksort() sorts by key.
> >
> > THANKS !
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[PHP] re: strip comma from $value
Hi,
Trying this:
//strip the commas from numeric array so it can sort properly---
foreach ($numeric_array as $key => $value) {
if (ereg_replace ("," , "", $value)){
echo("comma striped");
}
}
Does the same thing as before, echo's comma stripped, but does not
actually remove the commas
THANKS.. any other ideas?
Jim Long
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[PHP] strip comma from $value
Hi,
I've figured out the way to solve my problem is to get rid of the commas
before I sort.
Trying to use this:
//strip the commas---
foreach ($numeric_array as $key => $value) {
if (stristr($value, ",")){
//test to see if it worked
echo("comma striped");
}
}
--
It passed the test but,
I'm doing something wrong because the commas are still there.
TIA,
Jim Long
Jim Long Wrote:
> Does anyone know how to make the flag "sort_numeric" work?
> Will it work with asort?
>
> asort ($numeric_array, SORT_NUMERIC);
> I've tried this but it looks like it's having problems with the comma in
> big numbers.
> I'm not absolutely sure, but it looks like it's ignoring everything
> after a comma when it sorts.
>
>
> BTW: asort is the one I need as I must maintain the keys
>
> JanetVal Wrote:
>
> > sort() sorts by value but assigns new keys as numbers.
> > asort() sorts by value, but keeps the same keys
> > ksort() sorts by key.
>
> THANKS !
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[PHP] SORT_NUMERIC
Hi, Does anyone know how to make the flag "sort_numeric" work? Will it work with asort? asort ($numeric_array, SORT_NUMERIC); I've tried this but it looks like it's having problems with the comma in big numbers. I'm not absolutely sure, but it looks like it's ignoring everything after a comma when it sorts. TIA, Jim Long BTW: asort is the one I need as I must maintain the keys JanetVal Wrote: > sort() sorts by value but assigns new keys as numbers. > asort() sorts by value, but keeps the same keys > ksort() sorts by key. THANKS ! -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | Jim Long Network - Web Design | | http://jimlong.net/web | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- | Jim Long - Rep: Manhattan Dance Orchestra | | http://manhattandanceorchestra.com | -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] PHP SORT_NUMERIC
Hi,
I've got to sort the $numeric_arry
This doesn't seem to work:
sort ($numeric_array, SORT_NUMERIC);
I think its sorting $key
asort ($numeric_array, SORT_NUMERIC);
sorts as a string
THANKS AGAIN IN ADVANCE,
Jim Long
JanetVal Wrote:
> Well, as long as you know exactly what you are looking for, you can use
>
> > if ($value != "n/a")) {
>
> Janet
Jason Lange Wrote:
> Try this code (tested):
>
> <-- Begin Code -->
> foreach ($list as $key => $value) {
> // If elements value is a numeral add to numeric_array
> if (is_numeric($value)) {
> $numeric_array[$key] = $value;
> // If value is not a numeral (presumably 'n/a') add to na_array
> } else {
> $na_array [$key] = $value;
> }
> }
>
> // Re-combine arrays placing all "other" values at the end
> $final_array = array_merge($numeric_array, $na_array);
> <-- End Code -->
Original Question:
>>>I have an array with an html link as key and different $vars as val:
>>>
>>>$list = array (
>>>'http://someplace.com/";>some place' => $vendor1_total,
>>>'http://anotherplace.com/";>another place' =>
>
> $vendor2__total,
>
>>>[snip] etc..
>>>
>>>some vals are numeric and some vals are "n/a"
>>>asort works to sort the array as a string, however, I need to sort the
>>>numeric vals numeric, then have the n/a's go away or be output at the
>>>bottom of the sort.
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[PHP] separating value="n/a" from array
Hi,
Thanks to those who have helped me.
Jason Lange Wrote:
> Try this code (tested):
>
> <-- Begin Code -->
> foreach ($list as $key => $value) {
> // If elements value is a numeral add to numeric_array
> if (is_numeric($value)) {
> $numeric_array[$key] = $value;
> // If value is not a numeral (presumably 'n/a') add to na_array
> } else {
> $na_array [$key] = $value;
> }
> }
>
> // Re-combine arrays placing all "other" values at the end
> $final_array = array_merge($numeric_array, $na_array);
> <-- End Code -->
This works.. THANKS! HOWEVER:
I think PHP is seeing a comma, in a large number and think that it IS
NOT NUMERIC, because when I test a large number it put it in the $na_array
Do I need to add something to this code to stip the commas?
THANKS IN ADAVANCE AGAIN,
Jim Long
Kevin Stone wrote:
> To append my own answer. In order to sort the non "n/a" values you're going
> to have to build a separate array and perhaps this will simplfy the problem.
> So instead of what I suggested below.. loop the array and start TWO new
> arrays within the loop. One array for "n/a" values and one for non-"n/a"
> values. After the values are sorted to their separate arrays do
> asort($nonnavals); then concatonate the two arrays together using
> array_merge(), putting the "n/a" array second.
>
> - Kevin
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Kevin Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 12:04 PM
> Subject: Re: [PHP] restating plea for help with sort
>
>
>
>>Hmm well upon first glance looks like all you need to do is loop that
>
> array
>
>>and start a new array within the loop. An If/Else construct checks If the
>>value is "n/a" then append to the back of the new array Else prepend to
>
> the
>
>>front of the new array.You append the values manually or use
>>array_push() and array_unshift(). Search the manual for more information.
>>Hope that helps.
>>- Kevin
>>
>>- Original Message -
>>From: "Jim Long" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 11:35 AM
>>Subject: [PHP] restating plea for help with sort
>>
>>
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>I have an array with an html link as key and different $vars as val:
>>>
>>>$list = array (
>>>'http://someplace.com/";>some place' => $vendor1_total,
>>>'http://anotherplace.com/";>another place' =>
>
> $vendor2__total,
>
>>>[snip] etc..
>>>
>>>some vals are numeric and some vals are "n/a"
>>>asort works to sort the array as a string, however, I need to sort the
>>>numeric vals numeric, then have the n/a's go away or be output at the
>>>bottom of the sort.
>>>
>>>Please be clear and gentle.. I'm not schooled in php, just a tinkerer
>>>trying to make this mess work.
>>>
>>>Thanks In Advance,
>>>
>>>Jim Long
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[PHP] help with arrays
Hi,
Origninal Post:
> I have an array with an html link as key and different $vars as val:
>
> $list = array (
> 'http://someplace.com/";>some place' => $vendor1_total,
> 'http://anotherplace.com/";>another place' => $vendor2__total,
> [snip] etc..
>
> some vals are numeric and some vals are "n/a"
> asort works to sort the array as a string, however, I need to sort the
> numeric vals numeric, then have the n/a's go away or be output at the
> bottom of the sort.
Kevin Stone wrote: (THANKS)
> In order to sort the non "n/a" values you're going
> to have to build a separate array and perhaps this will simplfy the problem.
> So instead of what I suggested earlier.. loop the array and start TWO new
> arrays within the loop. One array for "n/a" values and one for non-"n/a"
> values. After the values are sorted to their separate arrays do
> asort($nonnavals); then concatonate the two arrays together using
> array_merge(), putting the "n/a" array second.
I can't fiqure out how to set up arrays inside the while loop.
Using this:
while (list ($key, $val) = each ($orderd_list)) {
if ($val == 'n/a'){
$no_plan_list = array ($key => $val);// need an array here for "n/a"
}else{
$plan_list = array ($key => $val);// need an array here for numeric
vals
}
}
Thanks In Advance,
Jim Long
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[PHP] restating plea for help with sort
Hi, I have an array with an html link as key and different $vars as val: $list = array ( 'http://someplace.com/";>some place' => $vendor1_total, 'http://anotherplace.com/";>another place' => $vendor2__total, [snip] etc.. some vals are numeric and some vals are "n/a" asort works to sort the array as a string, however, I need to sort the numeric vals numeric, then have the n/a's go away or be output at the bottom of the sort. Please be clear and gentle.. I'm not schooled in php, just a tinkerer trying to make this mess work. Thanks In Advance, Jim Long -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] sort mixed array
Hi, I have an array with an html link as key and different $vars as val: $list = array ( 'http://someplace.com/";>some place' => $vendor1_total, 'http://anotherplace.com/";>another place' => $vendor2__total, [snip] etc.. some vals are numeric and some vals are "n/a" asort works to sort the array as a string, however, I need to sort the numeric vals numeric, then have the n/a's go away or be output at the bottom of the sort. Please be clear and gentle.. I'm not schooled in php, just a tinkerer trying to make this mess work. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] connecting to db
Hi, Just setting up a new db at a new domain and the connection script does not work. I've always been able to connect to a db using the following: Unable to connect to the " . "database server at this time." ); exit(); } The host support suggests the following: > Root as the mysql user and localhost as the server, unless you selected remote mysql > connections from the web control panel. BTW: I DID select remote mysql. Should I unselect it? FMI (forgive my ignorance): What connection script should I use? Thanks So Much in Advance, Jim Long -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] defining separate form element within While statment
Hi,
I'm having trouble passing "$the_score" to "edit_s1_php3":
// Display the scores
while ( $row = mysql_fetch_array($result) ) {
echo( "" . "" .
$row["last_name"] . " , " . $row["first_name"] . "" .
$row["s1"] . " "
. "
edit score" ."" .
$row["s2"] . " "
. "
edit score" . "" .
$row["s3"] . " "
."
edit score" . " " .
$row["s4"] . " "
. "
edit score" . "" .
$row["s5"] . " "
. "
edit score" . "" .
$row["s6"] . " "
. "
edit score" . "" .
$row["s7"] . " "
. "
edit score" . "" .
$row["s8"] . " "
. "
edit score" . "" .
$row["s9"] . " "
. "
edit score" . "" .
$row["s10"] . " " . "
edit score" . "" .
$row["s11"] . " " . "
edit score" . "" .
$row["s12"] . " " . "
edit score" . "" .
$row["s13"] . " " . "
edit score" . "" .
$row["s14"] . " " . "
edit score" . "" .
$row["s15"] . " " . "
edit score". "");
}
I'm pretty sure it's because I don't have the form action defined.. however,
each input goes to a diffent action. How do I do this?
Thanks In Advance,
Jim
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[PHP] sort and maintain varible names
I have a basic sort:
$orderd_list = array ("$onec_rounded_total", "$aps_rounded_total",
"$bo_rounded_total", "$cap3_rounded_total", "$cap3_rounded_total",
"$cap_rounded_total", "$cfl_rounded_total", "$ecg_rounded_total",
"$ldd_rounded_total", "$png_rounded_total", "$spr_rounded_total",
"$ist917_rounded_total", "$tciac_rounded_total", "$tcicl_rounded_total",
"$utl_rounded_total");
sort ($orderd_list);
reset ($orderd_list);
while (list ($key, $val) = each ($orderd_list)) {
echo "[".$key."] = ".$val."\n";
It returns
[0] = 4.90
[1] = 4.99
[2] = 5.06
[3] = 5.60
[4] = 6.00
[5] = 6.00
[6] = 6.90
[7] = 6.90
[8] = 6.95
[9] = 7.00
[10] = 9.00
[11] = 10.50
[12] = 11.00
[13] = 11.26
[14] = 13.10
How do I maintain a varible name (for identification) in this output
list ie:
onec = 4.90 //from the varible $onec_rounded_total
cfl = 4.99
bo = 5.06
and so on...
Thanks In Advance,
j
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Re: [PHP] simplify if/then statement
Using pull down for $state. This works great! > $incfilename = "Calc".$state.".class.inc"; > if (file_exists($incfilename)) > include($incfilename); > else > echo "Please select a State.\n"; Thanks To Everyone, j -- http://jimlong.net/web > I'd do something similar to this, along with > putting all states in an array to make sure > $state is actually a state (in_array). And > maybe you want to add guam :) > > a) be sure $state is set, else load default > b) be sure $state is not bogus, else yell at them > c) be sure the $state file exists, if so, include >it else houston we have a problem -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
[PHP] simplify if/then statement
Hi,
I've got the following statement for a state options menu.
How can this be expressed in a simple manner for all 52 states?
//choose state
if ($state == "AL") {
// include class
include("CalcAL.class.inc");
}
else if ($state == "AR") {
// include class
include("CalcAR.class.inc");
}
else if ($state == "AZ") {
// include class
include("CalcAZ.class.inc");
}
else{
echo "Please select a State.\n";
}
Thank You Very Much,
Jim Long
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[PHP] re: passing inputs
THANKS TO ERIK PRICE !
You ablility to explain php concepts in simple langauge is exactly why I
signed up for this list!
I will be deeply greatful for any other tutorials like this one on
passing imputs.
THANKS AGAIN,
Jim Long
>Erik Price wrote:
> John,
>
> It seems that you're using two different conventions here. This is
> inconsistent, and confusing to me (at least, and possibly others trying
> to help you). Let me show you what I am talking about:
> Please don't be insulted if I make an assumption about what you know
> about the use of variables within scripts, I'm going to do my best to
> explain this and I can't know how much you know or don't. Here's how it
> works:
> On a script, you have access to any variable that you create within that
> script. Thus, if you create a variable named "$inp", you can then echo
> that variable or manipulate it in any way. Like this:
>
> $inp = "blue"; // this assigns the string "blue" to the $inp variable
> echo $inp; // this echoes "blue"
> $outp = "green"; // this assigns "green" (a string) to the $outp
> variable
> $outp . $inp; // this combines ("concatenates") the two variables
> together
> // and results in the string "greenblue"
>
> Okay, you probably already know all of that. But my point is that these
> variables are accessible to this particular script. NOT TO OTHER
> SCRIPTS. If you need a variable to be accessible to another script, you
> must "pass" the variable along. There are a few ways to do this:
>
> etc..etc..etc..
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[PHP] archive
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