Working with PHP Arrays

[ekuemoah]

I am working with the following code on codepad.org<?php$office = array('Mckenzie','Aberdeen');$office_wage = array(10,10);$warehouse = array('Martin','Alison','Cuptech','Kroger');$warehouse_wage = array(12,12,12,12);$oEmployees = array_combine($office,$office_wage);$oWarehouse = array_combine($warehouse,$warehouse_wage);$allEmployees = array_merge($oEmployees,$oWarehouse);//print_r($allEmployees);$U=array_values($allEmployees);$R=array_flip($allEmployees);print_r($R);?>The output I got was the following:Array( [10] => Aberdeen [12] => Kroger)It outputs the last values in each array when the values are the same. It treats it like the values are duplicates. How do I treat each array value as unique so that I get a print out of everything.I want to get the following results:Array( [10] => Mckenzie [10] => Aberdeen [12] => Martin [12] => Alison [12] => Cuptech [12] => Kroger)

[justsomeguy]

That's not how arrays work, arrays do not have duplicate keys. I'm not sure quite what you're going for to suggest alternatives, what do the keys represent in your case? What do the names represent?

[Man In Tan]

The names seem to represent the employees, and the number seem to represent their wages. So, it would make more sense to use the employees as keys, and the wages as values. You don't need the second array, that is just an inverted version of the first array. Instead, use array_search() or a foreach($allEmployees as $key => $value) statement.

<?php$office = array('Mckenzie','Aberdeen');$office_wage = array(10,10);$warehouse = array('Martin','Alison','Cuptech','Kroger');$warehouse_wage = array(12,12,12,12);$oEmployees = array_combine($office,$office_wage);$oWarehouse = array_combine($warehouse,$warehouse_wage);$allEmployees = array_merge($oEmployees,$oWarehouse);print_r($allEmployees);//$U=array_values($allEmployees);//$R=array_flip($allEmployees);//print_r($R);echo array_search(12, $allEmployees);//will only show one employee: Martinforeach($allEmployees as $key => $value){ echo '[',$value,] => ',$key,"\n" }