Wil — Tue, 14 May 2002 08:51:46 +0000

Yeah, I guess a multidimensional array = hash in Perl. I think, anyway. Now you've got me all confused :-\

Suzanne — Mon, 13 May 2002 23:25:58 +0000

That's a multidimensional array, I'll have you know, and according to my Big Book of Computer Languages (otherwise known as Wrox's Professional PHP), it's specifically a three-dimensional array (level of nesting).

Actually, now that I know how, roughly, to access the information, I find it easier to conceptualize than hashes. And I need to conceptualize in order to build things.

Mark Hensler — Mon, 13 May 2002 22:19:01 +0000

I'm guessing...
PHP = associative array
PERL = hash table

Wil — Mon, 13 May 2002 21:25:21 +0000

Do you call those things arrays in PHP? Something looking like that would be a hash table in Perl :-\

Suzanne — Mon, 13 May 2002 20:57:27 +0000

k, still not sure why you can just name things willynilly, but I replaced the $n with $puzzle (and n with puzzle) to see if I understood how it went together, and it works! And I sort of understand why I need to have the category in there (because of the nested array, right?), so I'm good with that.

Thanks very much Mark!

Currently viewable at carterjackson.com/joshua/puzzle2.php anyone who wants to see it in action.

Suzanne — Mon, 13 May 2002 07:48:36 +0000

Reading it over, I think I see where I was missing the point. Too much coding tonight and learning too much. Though as a plus, I can find my way around php.net easily now. MAN there are a lot of functions and 1400 ways to do everything.

Suzanne — Mon, 13 May 2002 07:45:38 +0000

Thanks, Mark. Wow, that looks totally different. I think I got beyond my skill level rapidly on this one.

carterjackson.com/joshua/puzzle.php I did and it has two arrays -- one for the puzzle name and ID (jigzone's id number) and one for the possible cuts of the puzzle. The links, though, were hard coded.

So I thought, well, I'll just kick this up a notch... ha.

I'll see if I understand this in the morning, thanks very much, Mark, I appreciate your taking the time with this. My intention is to make it available once I get it done (if I get it done) for other people to be able to integrate multiple puzzles easily into their sites.

Too big a leap! Doh!

Mark Hensler — Mon, 13 May 2002 07:28:42 +0000

try this:

<?php
 if ($n == \"\") { Please choose a puzzle below. } 

blah blah blah

foreach ($pictures as $category=>$data) {
    
    echo \"<h3>$category</h3>\n\";
    echo \"<p>\n\";
    
    foreach ($data as $name=>$subdata) {
        
        extract($subdata);
        // now you can use $id and $title
        
        echo \"<a href=\\"puzzle2.php?show=textlinks&c=$category&n=$name#go\\">$title [link]</a>\n\";
        echo \"<br />\n\";
        
    } //END foreach ($data
    
    echo \"</p>\n\";
    
} //END foreach ($pictures

// blah blah blah

// code for the jigzone puzzle itself, and an unload link

if ($n != \"\") {

//$pictures[$c][$n][id]
//$pictures[$c][$n][title]

$name = $n;
$ui = $pictures[$c][$n][id];

echo $ui;

// blah blah blah

// removed two closing braces for the foreach's
} //END if
?>

I changed the link at the top and the way your getting the vars at the bottom. All instances of $puzzle are now $n (short for name).

Suzanne — Mon, 13 May 2002 07:10:00 +0000

http://www.carterjackson.com/joshua/puzzle2.phps

I think I'm going to have to rearrange how I get the information. As it is now, I can get ALL the puzzles to load at once, or just the last one, instead of as chosen.

Phooey. I think I need to rethink how it goes together. Suggestions?

Suzanne — Mon, 13 May 2002 00:16:44 +0000

oh, shoot, now I can't get the $id to pass to the actual puzzle. shoot shoot shoot. I need the name and the id to be linked. I'll have to think about how to do that.