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<h1>Array Helper<a class="headerlink" href="#array-helper" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
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<p>The Array Helper file contains functions that assist in working with
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arrays.</p>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="#loading-this-helper" id="id1">Loading this Helper</a></li>
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id1">Loading this Helper</a><a class="headerlink" href="#loading-this-helper" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<p>This helper is loaded using the following code:</p>
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<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">helper</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'array'</span><span class="p">);</span>
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<h2><a class="toc-backref" href="#id2">Available Functions</a><a class="headerlink" href="#available-functions" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2>
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<p>The following functions are available:</p>
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<dt id="element">
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<tt class="descname">element</tt><big>(</big><em>$item</em>, <em>$array</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$default = NULL</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#element" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<li><strong>$item</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Item to fetch from the array</li>
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<li><strong>$array</strong> (<em>array</em>) – Input array</li>
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<li><strong>$default</strong> (<em>bool</em>) – What to return if the array isn’t valid</li>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">NULL on failure or the array item.</p>
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<p>Lets you fetch an item from an array. The function tests whether the
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array index is set and whether it has a value. If a value exists it is
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returned. If a value does not exist it returns NULL, or whatever you’ve
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<p>Example:</p>
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<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$array</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span>
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<span class="s1">'color'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'red'</span><span class="p">,</span>
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<span class="s1">'shape'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'round'</span><span class="p">,</span>
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<span class="s1">'size'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">''</span>
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<span class="p">);</span>
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<span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">element</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'color'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$array</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// returns "red"</span>
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<span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">element</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'size'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="nv">$array</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'foobar'</span><span class="p">);</span> <span class="c1">// returns "foobar"</span>
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<tt class="descname">elements</tt><big>(</big><em>$items</em>, <em>$array</em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em>$default = NULL</em><span class="optional">]</span><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#elements" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
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<li><strong>$item</strong> (<em>string</em>) – Item to fetch from the array</li>
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<li><strong>$array</strong> (<em>array</em>) – Input array</li>
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<li><strong>$default</strong> (<em>bool</em>) – What to return if the array isn’t valid</li>
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</ul>
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</td>
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</tr>
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">NULL on failure or the array item.</p>
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</td>
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">mixed</p>
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</td>
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<p>Lets you fetch a number of items from an array. The function tests
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whether each of the array indices is set. If an index does not exist it
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is set to NULL, or whatever you’ve specified as the default value via
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the third parameter.</p>
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<p>Example:</p>
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<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$array</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span>
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<span class="s1">'color'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'red'</span><span class="p">,</span>
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<span class="s1">'shape'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'round'</span><span class="p">,</span>
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<span class="s1">'radius'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'10'</span><span class="p">,</span>
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<span class="s1">'diameter'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'20'</span>
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<span class="p">);</span>
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<span class="nv">$my_shape</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">elements</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'color'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'shape'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'height'</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="nv">$array</span><span class="p">);</span>
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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<p>The above will return the following array:</p>
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<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span>
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<span class="s1">'color'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'red'</span><span class="p">,</span>
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<span class="s1">'shape'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'round'</span><span class="p">,</span>
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<span class="s1">'height'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="k">NULL</span>
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<span class="p">);</span>
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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<p>You can set the third parameter to any default value you like.</p>
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<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$my_shape</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="nx">elements</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'color'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'shape'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'height'</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="nv">$array</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'foobar'</span><span class="p">);</span>
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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<p>The above will return the following array:</p>
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<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span>
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<span class="s1">'color'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'red'</span><span class="p">,</span>
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<span class="s1">'shape'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'round'</span><span class="p">,</span>
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<span class="s1">'height'</span> <span class="o">=></span> <span class="s1">'foobar'</span>
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<span class="p">);</span>
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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<p>This is useful when sending the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">$_POST</span></tt> array to one of your Models.
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This prevents users from sending additional POST data to be entered into
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your tables.</p>
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<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">load</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">model</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'post_model'</span><span class="p">);</span>
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<span class="nv">$this</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">post_model</span><span class="o">-></span><span class="na">update</span><span class="p">(</span>
|
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<span class="nx">elements</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'id'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'title'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'content'</span><span class="p">),</span> <span class="nv">$_POST</span><span class="p">)</span>
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<span class="p">);</span>
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</pre></div>
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</div>
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<p>This ensures that only the id, title and content fields are sent to be
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updated.</p>
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</dd></dl>
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<dl class="function">
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<dt id="random_element">
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<tt class="descname">random_element</tt><big>(</big><em>$array</em><big>)</big><a class="headerlink" href="#random_element" title="Permalink to this definition">¶</a></dt>
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<dd><table class="docutils field-list" frame="void" rules="none">
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<col class="field-name" />
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<col class="field-body" />
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<tbody valign="top">
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<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Parameters:</th><td class="field-body"><ul class="first simple">
|
|
<li><strong>$array</strong> (<em>array</em>) – Input array</li>
|
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</ul>
|
|
</td>
|
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</tr>
|
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<tr class="field-even field"><th class="field-name">Returns:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first">A random element from the array</p>
|
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</td>
|
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</tr>
|
|
<tr class="field-odd field"><th class="field-name">Return type:</th><td class="field-body"><p class="first last">mixed</p>
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</td>
|
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</tr>
|
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</tbody>
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</table>
|
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<p>Takes an array as input and returns a random element from it.</p>
|
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<p>Usage example:</p>
|
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<div class="highlight-ci"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="nv">$quotes</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">array</span><span class="p">(</span>
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<span class="s2">"I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. - Thomas Jefferson"</span><span class="p">,</span>
|
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<span class="s2">"Don't stay in bed, unless you can make money in bed. - George Burns"</span><span class="p">,</span>
|
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<span class="s2">"We didn't lose the game; we just ran out of time. - Vince Lombardi"</span><span class="p">,</span>
|
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<span class="s2">"If everything seems under control, you're not going fast enough. - Mario Andretti"</span><span class="p">,</span>
|
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<span class="s2">"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. - Albert Einstein"</span><span class="p">,</span>
|
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<span class="s2">"Chance favors the prepared mind - Louis Pasteur"</span>
|
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<span class="p">);</span>
|
|
|
|
<span class="k">echo</span> <span class="nx">random_element</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nv">$quotes</span><span class="p">);</span>
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