PHP5 Fill an array with test data.

Hi Everyone,

Need some help to create an array of values ranging from "a" to "zzzzz" but have no idea where to start or look for guidance on this .

Ideally multidimensional array under 1 letter, 2 letters, 3 letters, 4 letters and finally 5 letters.

Can someone point me in the right direction ?

Thanks in advance.

 

can be solved using loops

If I understand you correctly, this should work fine..

PHP:


$alphabet = range('a', 'z');
$array = array();

for ( $i = 1; $i < 6; $i++ ) {
    foreach( $alphabet as $item ) {
        $array[$i][$item] = str_repeat( $item, $i );
    }
}

# show debug ouptut
print_r ( $array );


which outputs

Code:

Array
(
    [1] => Array
        (
            [a] => a
            [b] => b
            [c] => c
            [d] => d
.....
    [2] => Array
        (
            [a] => aa
            [b] => bb
            [c] => cc
            [d] => dd
            [e] => ee
            [f] => ff
            [g] => gg
            [h] => hh
            [i] => ii
            [j] => jj
            [k] => kk
            [l] => ll
            [m] => mm
            [n] => nn
            [o] => oo
....

 

or you can use this method -> http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-fill.php

 

I know I'm a bit late, but I like this function to display arrays:

Code:

function displayArray($aArray)
{
    if (is_array($aArray) && (count($aArray) > 0))
    {
        print("<table border=1>");
        print("<tr><th>Key</th><th>Value</th></tr>");
            foreach ($aArray as $aKey => $aValue)
            {
                print("<tr>");
                if (!is_array($aValue))
                {
                    if (empty($aValue))
                    {
                        print("<td>$aKey</td><td><i>$aValue</i></td>");
                    } else {
                        print("<td>$aKey</td><td>$aValue</td>");
                    }
                } else {
                    print("<td>$aKey(array)</td><td>");
                    displayArray($aValue);
                    print("</td>");
                }
                print("</tr>");
            }
        print("</table>");
    } else {
        print("<i>empty or invalid</i>");
    }
}