Using Multidimensional Arrays

[bigjoe11a]

on my web site that I been redoing, I been trying to come up with some ideas on how to set up arrays related to that user. The one that's logged in. and I been doing some reading on Multidimensional Arrays. well it has me completely lost. Multidimensional Arrays are new to me. and after coding in php for the last 4 1/2 years. I think it's about time i learn this. my idea is to setup some thing like this if($user['name']['is_admin']) {//trueelse//false} this means that the 'user' is 'is_admin' or it's false. so when a user logs in, and after it reads the database rows and returns the users name and other user info. how would I set the values to the Multidimensional Array... Please help with some code.

[Ingolme]

The first question you need to ask yourself is do you need a multidimensional array? From what it looks like, you only need a monodimensional array.

if($user['is_admin']) {  // Do something}

A multidimensional array is just an array where each element of the array is another array.

$a = array();$a[0] = array();$a[1] = array();$a[2] = array();

[bigjoe11a]

See that's what I don't under stand. Just what I will need. What I need is an array related to each user. so after the user logs in. How would I go a bout setting it so that I can call it like that. A Small Sample : $name = $_SESSION['usename'];$email = $_SESSION['email'];$admin = $_SESSION['is_admin']; using the samples above. How would I add them to an array() so that I can use them threw out my pages. Or web site.

[Ingolme]

This would work:

$user = array(  'name' => $_SESSION['username'],  'email' => $_SESSION['email'],  'admin' => $_SESSION['is_admin']);

[bigjoe11a]

ok, so then I would use that in what way

 if($user['name']['admin']) {//this means the use is an admin} else {//this means the user is NOT an admin}

I'm I right

[thescientist]

no. Perhaps it would be helpful to review array's in the w3schools tutorials. Ingolme already give you the example of how to use it, and how to implement it. Make it

$user = array(  'name' => $_SESSION['username'],  'email' => $_SESSION['email'],  'admin' => $_SESSION['is_admin']);

use it

if($user['admin']) {  // Do something}

edit: changed from is_admin to admin in "use it" example.

[bigjoe11a]

Cool, thank you