Recursive array set with method

Question

Is there any way to set an array recursively? something along these lines:

  $array = new ArrayElements ( ) ;
  $array->set('index', 10)->set('indexInIndex',20);

and then the array would look like this:

Array
(
    [index] => Array
        (
            [0] => 10
            [indexInIndex] => 20
        )

)

I know it must involve a fluid interface, but the gist of it is how to tell if a method was chained to a method 'set' and then take the index to the previous set setou, and write on top of this index

func_get_args may also have a close and grab all the parameters and set in accordance with the thread, something like

      public function set ( $index , $value ) {
         if ( func_num_args() > 2 ) {
            $indexes = array_splice ( func_get_args() , 2 ) ;
         }
      }

Then ..

->set( 'index' , 'value' , 'inIndex' , 'inIndex1' )

would be equal to: $storage [ 'inIndex' ] [ 'inIndex1' ] [ 'index' ] = 'value' ;

Your set method is behaving inconsistently. Also, whats wrong with just using $array['index']['foo'] or $array['index'] = array(10) — Gordon
– Gordon, Commented Dec 7, 2011 at 14:19
no, I'm just looking at whether there is any way to do this by using methods — user862010
– user862010, Commented Dec 7, 2011 at 14:20
It probably is. But it's ugly and no one with a sane mind would want to use it, so why bother? Do it the regular and standard way. Keep it simple. — Gordon
– Gordon, Commented Dec 7, 2011 at 14:22

goat · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-07 14:32:56Z

1

Your resulting array structures and argument orders seem odd to me. I wonder if if maybe your sample outputs are just mistakes. Maybe this helps you achieve your goal.

$r = array(array_pop($args));
foreach (array_reverse($indexes) as $index) {
    $r = array($index => $r);
}

then

'a' , 'b' , 'c', 'val'

yields

$r['a']['b']['c'] = 'val';

answered Dec 7, 2011 at 14:32

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