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passing array by reference value is not changing

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:25 am
by ali_engr
I am passing array by reference to a function & then adding more array to that array, but when function return back i did not get any change to original array.

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:53 am
by John Cartwright
We can't help without seeing code.

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:04 am
by ali_engr
feyd | Please use

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and [syntax="..."] tags where appropriate when posting code. Your post has been edited to reflect how we'd like it posted. Please read:  [url=http://forums.devnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?t=21171]Posting Code in the Forums[/url] to learn how to do it too.[/color]

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function AssignChilds($child, &$arData, $id)
{	
	foreach($arData as &$v)
	{
		
		if(is_array($v) && $v['id']==$id){ 
			$v['childs'][] = $child; 
			 break;
		}
	}
}



// some code here
  $data= array('id'=>2, 'pid'=>1, 'name'=>'GrandFather', 'childs'=>array(
                                                                                                        array('id'=>4, 'pid'=>2, 'name'=>'Father')
                                                                                                     )
 	        );

 $child = array('id'=>3, 'pid'=>2, 'name'=>'Uncle1');

AssignChilds($child, &$data, 2);

print_r($data);

feyd | Please use

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and [syntax="..."] tags where appropriate when posting code. Your post has been edited to reflect how we'd like it posted. Please read:  [url=http://forums.devnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?t=21171]Posting Code in the Forums[/url] to learn how to do it too.[/color]

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:05 am
by John Cartwright
Please put your code in [syntax=php][/syntax] tags

Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:25 am
by volka
please try

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error_reporting(E_ALL); ini_set('display_errors', true);
function AssignChilds($child, &$arData, $id)
{
  foreach($arData as &$v)
  {
    echo 'v: ', print_r($v); echo "\n";
    if(is_array($v) && $v['id']==$id){
      $v['childs'][] = $child;
      break;
    }
  }
}