Comments on: PHP as a Tiny Database http://alex.mullr.net/blog/2009/01/php-as-a-tiny-database/ Hi. I'm a student at the University of York, in the Computer Science and Maths departments. I recently finished working at GlaxoSmithKline in London. And this is my blog. Sat, 14 Jan 2012 23:58:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex Muller http://alex.mullr.net/blog/2009/01/php-as-a-tiny-database/#comment-2704 Alex Muller Wed, 14 Jan 2009 10:06:27 +0000 http://alex.mullr.net/blog/?p=323#comment-2704 <p>Cheers Chris - I had no idea how to do arrays in PHP, but it's something I'll have a look at :)</p> Cheers Chris – I had no idea how to do arrays in PHP, but it’s something I’ll have a look at :)

]]> By: Chris Northwood http://alex.mullr.net/blog/2009/01/php-as-a-tiny-database/#comment-2702 Chris Northwood Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:09:22 +0000 http://alex.mullr.net/blog/?p=323#comment-2702 <p>It's certainly an interesting way of doing things. A more traditional approach would be something along the lines of a multi-dimensional array:</p> <p><code><?php $db = array( array('author' => 'Seán A. O'Hara', 'url' => 'http://flickr.com/photos/hortulus_aptus/2367460316/'), array('author' => 'Jule Berlin', 'url' => 'http://flickr.com/photos/jule_berlin/571121649/') ) $thePhoto = mt_rand(0, count($db)-1); $myelement = $db[$mt_rand]; ?> <img src="http://mullr.foo/img.jpg" width="340px" /> <a href="">Image</a> by </code></p> <p>This then avoids the nasty $$ thing you've got above</p> It’s certainly an interesting way of doing things. A more traditional approach would be something along the lines of a multi-dimensional array:

<?php $db = array( array('author' => 'Seán A. O'Hara', 'url' => 'http://flickr.com/photos/hortulus_aptus/2367460316/'), array('author' => 'Jule Berlin', 'url' => 'http://flickr.com/photos/jule_berlin/571121649/') ) $thePhoto = mt_rand(0, count($db)-1); $myelement = $db[$mt_rand]; ?> <img src="http://mullr.foo/img.jpg" width="340px" /> <a href="">Image</a> by

This then avoids the nasty $$ thing you’ve got above

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