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**Varius** · 10-15-2005, 01:19 PM

I don't really use much OOP with PHP.....but if you used an array instead, you could just use the function array_sum()

**mrthumbs** · 10-15-2005, 01:24 PM

Originally posted by Varius

I don't really use much OOP with PHP.....but if you used an array instead, you could just use the function array_sum()

What i really need to check if value_1 is the highest value of the 50..

so value_1 > then v2,v3,v4,v5,v6 etc..

Thats why i need a way to loop through all these vars without having
50 lines of text..

I could move the data to an array and loop through there but i still need
to compare the vars individually..

Hmm.. i could load it into an array.. do a sort.. and see if the highest number
equals value_1 AND is unique in the array....

**Varius** · 10-15-2005, 01:30 PM

Originally posted by mrthumbs

What i really need to check if value_1 is the highest value of the 50..

so value_1 > then v2,v3,v4,v5,v6 etc..

Thats why i need a way to loop through all these vars without having
50 lines of text..

I could move the data to an array and loop through there but i still need
to compare the vars individually..

Hmm.. i could load it into an array.. do a sort.. and see if the highest number
equals value_1 AND is unique in the array....

To do it with a loop, you could do something like:

PHP Code:

$high_value = $array[0];
$high_key = 0;
foreach ($array as $key=>$value) {
    if ($value > $high_value) { 
        $high_value = $value;
        $high_key = $key;
    }
}

However since their are only 50 items, yes sort might be faster.

**mrthumbs** · 10-15-2005, 01:37 PM

Originally posted by Varius

To do it with a loop, you could do something like:

PHP Code:

$high_value = $array[0];
$high_key = 0;
foreach ($array as $key=>$value) {
    if ($value > $high_value) { 
        $high_value = $value;
        $high_key = $key;
    }
}

However since their are only 50 items, yes sort might be faster.

im going to try that yes.. im on it.. thankie!

**nakki** · 10-15-2005, 02:35 PM

Hey, this is how I'd do it:

Code:

/*
 * Gets the name of the member variable with the highest value
 *
 * Returns the name of the variable or false on failure
 */
function getHighestVariableName($obj) {
	if (!is_object($obj)) return false;
	
	// get all the variables of the class
	$values = get_object_vars($obj);
		
	$field = false;
	$highest = null;
	
	// loop through the variables, try to find the highest one
	foreach ($values as $key => $value) {
		if ($value > $highest) {
			$highest = $value;
			$field = $key;
		}
	}
	
	return $field;
}

Of course, this won't work if you only want to count certain member variables, not all of them. But I'm sure it could be modified to do that too. :]

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