note 102745 deleted from reserved.variables.request by danbrown

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Newsgroups php.notes
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Note Submitter: e dot reggi at afterbabel dot net 

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I've implemented John Galt's function as to be able to pass a multi-dimensional array as input parameter. This lets you add, change, or even delete several $_GET's variables at a time.

<?php

function update_gets($parameter) {

    $output = "?";
    $firstRun = true;

    for($index = 0; $index < count($parameter); $index++) {

        foreach($_GET as $key=>$val) {

            if($key != $parameter[$index][0]) {

                if(!isset($_GET[$key]) && $parameter[$index][1] != NULL) {
                    
                    if(!$firstRun) {

                        $output .= "&";

                    }
                    else {

                        $firstRun = false;

                    }

                    $output .= $key."=".urlencode($val);
                    $_GET[$key] = $val;
                }

            }
            else {

                if($parameter[$index][1] != NULL) {

                    if(!$firstRun) {

                        $output .= "&";

                    }
                    else {

                        $firstRun = false;

                    }

                    $output .= $key."=".urlencode($parameter[$index][1]);
                    $_GET[$key] = $parameter[$index][1];

                }
                else {

                    unset($_GET[$key]);

                }

            }

        }

        if(!isset($_GET[$parameter[$index][0]]) && $parameter[$index][1] != NULL) {

            if(!$firstRun) {

                $output .= "&";
            }
            else {

                $firstRun = false;

            }

            $output .= $parameter[$index][0]."=".urlencode($parameter[$index][1]);
            $_GET[$parameter[$index][0]] = $parameter[$index][1];
            
        }

    }

    return htmlentities($output);

}

?>

__________________________

#########################################
#########################################
##                                     ##
##    Structure of $parameter array    ##
##                                     ##
#########################################
#########################################

<?php

      $parameter = array {

            [0] => array {
                  [0] => $key;
                  [1] => $value;
            }

            ...

            [n] => array {
                  [0] => $key;
                  [1] => $value;
            }
      }

?>

#################################################################
#################################################################
##                                                             ##
##    Example Usage                                            ##
##                                                             ##
##    WARNING: THIS FUNCTION WORKS EXACTELY LIKE JOHN          ##
##                   GALT'S ONE, WHICH MEANS YOU CAN USE IT    ##
##                   THE SAME WAY, JUST PASSING AN ARRAY,      ##
##                   STRUCTURED AS SHOWN ABOVE, AS INPUT       ##
##                   ARGUMENT.                                 ##
##                                                             ##
#################################################################
#################################################################

<?php

      #Deleting an existent $_GET's variable, which name is $key:

             $parameter[0][0] = $key;
             $parameter[0][1] = NULL;

             update_gets($parameter);

      #Adding or Changing an existent $_GET's variable, which name is $key:

             $parameter[0][0] = $key;
             $parameter[0][1] = $new_value;

             update_gets($parameter);

?>
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