How to call a php script based on values in an array

Question

I have a set of variables that have randomly assigned values.

E.g.,

$a = 1;
$b = -1;
$c = 2;

And I have a script that corresponds to each variable.

E.g.,

a.php for $a
b.php for $b
c.php for $c

I want to run the script that corresponds with the variable that has the greatest value. So, in this case, I want to run c.php because $c has the greatest value among the three variables.

Thank you so much, Peter

Edit: This is what I have. I've basically put the variables in an array and sorted them from highest to lowest according to the value. But this doesn't solve my problem. I want to run a corresponding php file.

$var = array( 'a' => $a, 'b' => $b, 'c' => $c);
arsort($var);

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– gmo, Commented Apr 26, 2015 at 18:49
I have a php script corresponding to each variable. I want to "call" or "execute" or "run" the php script that corresponds to the variable that has the highest value. (I'm a noob, so maybe I'm getting the wording wrong.) — peter
– peter, Commented Apr 26, 2015 at 18:58
Now what do you mean with "run", include ? (Can you make an example what is in the file which you want to run?) — Rizier123
– Rizier123, Commented Apr 26, 2015 at 18:58

Marcio Mazzucato · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-26 18:50:33Z

1

You can get the greatest value using:

$a = 1;
$b = -1;
$c = 2;

$files = array(
    $a => 'a.php',
    $b => 'b.php',
    $c => 'c.php'
);

ksort($files);

echo 'Correct file: ' . array_pop($files);

References:

ksort()

array_pop()

edited Apr 26, 2015 at 18:50

answered Apr 26, 2015 at 18:27

Marcio Mazzucato

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13 Comments

Rizier123 Over a year ago

This doesn't answer OP's question! Where is the relation to the variables and the file names?!

Rizier123 Over a year ago

Still only with the greatest value he can't execute file "c.php" then?!

Marcio Mazzucato Over a year ago

@Rizier123, He needs to specify better what mean 'execute', can be an include, curl and other. With the correct file, i think he can go ahead.

Rizier123 Over a year ago

But how does he gets the file c.php with the value 3 ?

Marcio Mazzucato Over a year ago

@Rizier123, I made another improvement

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