Hi I'm trying to loop through a array and set a keys value. Very basic question.
The Code I tried is below.
<?php
$testArray = array("bob1" => array( 'name' => "bob1", 'setTest' => '2'));
foreach($testArray as $item)
{
$item['setTest'] = 'bob';
}
print_r($testArray);
I imagine I'm missing something stupid here and it is going to be a D'oh! moment for me. What is wrong with it?
Thanks.
You do:
$testArray = array("bob1" => array( 'name' => "bob1", 'setTest' => '2'));
foreach($testArray as $item)
{
$item['setTest'] = 'bob';
}
print_r($testArray);
$item is a copy. You change the copy, not the real array. Try this:
$testArray = array("bob1" => array( 'name' => "bob1", 'setTest' => '2'));
foreach($testArray as $key => $item)
{
$testArray[$key]['setTest'] = 'bob';
}
print_r($testArray);
Or, if you have a lot of data in the array and want to avoid creating a complete copy of each element over every iteration, simply iterate over each element as a reference. Then only a reference to that item is created i memory and you can directly manipulate the array element by using $item:
$testArray = array("bob1" => array( 'name' => "bob1", 'setTest' => '2'));
foreach($testArray as &$item)
{
$item['setTest'] = 'bob';
}
print_r($testArray);
NOTE: be sure to unset $item after the loop so you don't inadvertantly modify the array later by using that variable name.
