Question

I’ve got a simple array working based off the url ie http://www.example.com/apple/ it places in the apple text where I need it – but I also need an option of pasting in a separate fixed piece of text based off the brand.

IE so I can draw it with $brand_to_use to place in “apple” for example and $brandurl_to_use to draw in “apple.co.uk” where I need it but I’m not sure how to add this to the array based off the original brand.

Thanks

$recognised_brands = array( 
  "apple", 
  "orange", 
  "pear",
  // etc 
); 

$default_brand = $recognised_brands[0]; // defaults brand to apple

$brand_to_use = isset($_GET['brand']) && in_array($_GET['brand'], $recognised_brands) 
  ? $_GET['brand'] 
  : $default_brand;

Pseudo code update example:

recognised brands = 
apple
orange
pear

default brand = recognised brand 0


recognised brandurl =
apple = apple.co.uk
orange = orange.net
pear = pear.com



the brandurl is found from the recognised brands so that in the page content I can reference

brand which will show the text apple at certain places +
brandurl will show the correct brand url related to the brand ie apple.co.uk

Answer 1

Create your array as a key/value pair and search for a key in the array. The value part of each pair can be an object if you like.

$recognised_brands = array(  
  "apple" => "http://apple.co.uk/",  
  "orange" => "http://orange.co.uk/",  
  "pear" => "http://pear.co.uk/", 
  // etc  
);  

reset($recognised_brands);  // reset the internal pointer of the array
$brand = key($recognised_brands); // fetch the first key from the array

if (isset($_GET['brand'] && array_key_exists(strtolower($_GET['brand']), $recognised_brands))
    $brand = strtolower($_GET['brand']);

$brand_url = $recognised_brands[$brand];