PHP array_fill array with multiples of the same record

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I have this function; I'm trying to fill the $records array with multiple entries of each $vendor. Only the first record goes in the $records array 12 times like I want it to. Now I would like to get the rest to do the same.

function vendors()
{
    $vendor = [
        "Chick-Fil-A #03971 Houston TX" => 3,
        "Uber Trip Help.Uber.Com TX" => 8,
        "Starbucks Store 05 Houston TX" => 3,
        "Shell Service S Houston TX" => 3,
        "Ralphs #0 1200 N Centr Houston TX" => 3,
        "Nails Van Nuys TX" => 3,
        "Postmates Ed3F9 to Httpspostmate CA" => 3,
        "Pico Beauty Supply and SA Houston TX" => 3,
        "Big Mamas & Papas 818-679-9976 TX" => 3,
        "CIT-GO Houston TX" => 3,
        "Dollar Tree Houston TX" => 3,
        "McDonald's M6310 O Houston TX" => 5,
        "Jamba Juice - Houston TX" => 3,
        "Cvs/Pharm 10445--125 N Glendale" => 3,
    ];
    $records = array();
    foreach ($vendor as $key => $value)
    {
        $times = $value * 4;
        $records = array_fill(0, $times, $key);
    }
    return $records;
}

Please check this - 3v4l.org/s6W5S . Do you want such output? — Bhaskar Jain
– Bhaskar Jain, Commented Feb 20, 2020 at 5:02
....are you sure you want to use a new $records array on each loop? — Nico Haase
– Nico Haase, Commented Feb 27, 2020 at 7:57

Death-is-the-real-truth · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-27 07:54:01Z

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you are over-writing your array variable again and again instead of assigning new data to it.

Do:

$records[] = array_fill(0, $times, $key);//assign data as child-array to your final array

Output:-https://3v4l.org/rVdKg

Or may be you want like this:- https://3v4l.org/2Yb8B

edited Feb 27, 2020 at 7:54

answered Feb 20, 2020 at 5:02

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Love Movement Global.org · Accepted Answer · 2020-02-20 05:43:42Z

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Every time you call array_fill it overwrites what you did in the previous call.

If you don't absolutely need to use array_fill you could replace the foreach with something like this:

foreach ($vendor as $key => $value){
        $times = $value * 4;
        for($x=0; $x<$times; $x++){
          if(!isset($records[$x])){
            $records[$x]=[];
        }
          array_push($records[$x], $key);
        }
}

Does that do what you are trying to do?

answered Feb 20, 2020 at 5:43

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