[thelist] [PHP] Whaddya callit?

Maximillian Schwanekamp lists at neptunewebworks.com
Tue Jul 12 11:15:51 CDT 2005


Burhan Khalid wrote:
> Maximillian Schwanekamp wrote:
>> I don't really know what this is
>> commonly called in php-land:  a two dimensional array consisting of an
>> index array of associative arrays.
> I suppose recordset array is as good a term as any.  I would simply call
> it a multi-dimentional array (there is no set term for it in PHP).
> 
> With your situation, I would give an example of a sample returned array
> in the comments, so programmers will know what to expect.

Thanks Burhan.  Yeah, I am trying to make it clear without having to
repeat that sort of example over and over.  I'm using phpDoc commenting
style, so I guess @see pointing to a single nice verbose example would
be doable.


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