Merge nested json values in php

Question

In PHP, I am struggling to merge two json objects ( $old and $new ) with nested values:

echo "OLD: ".$old;

echo "NEW: ".$new;

Result:

OLD: {"4":{"deu":1, "eng":1, "fra":1}}
NEW: {"4":{"deu":1, "eng":2}}

Expected result I needed:

{"4":{"deu":1, "eng":2, "fra":1}}

Attempts:

Tried json_decode() and array_merge() but got a json result with missing key 4

I got these kind of results:

{{"deu":1, "eng":2, "fra":1}} 
//or
[{"deu":1, "eng":1, "fra":1},{"deu":1, "eng":2}]

As you can see the key 4 is missing from the result

Not sure why you would expect that result from just concatenating the values? Have you actually made any real attempt to implement your requirement? — ADyson
– ADyson, Commented Apr 6, 2021 at 7:13
yes i tried multiple potental attempts with json_decode and array_merge but for i get a json result with missing key "4", in other words I get this {{"deu":1, "eng":2, "fra":1}} or this [{"deu":1, "eng":1, "fra":1},{"deu":1, "eng":2}] as you can see the key "4" is missing from the result — LesDentsDeLaMer
– LesDentsDeLaMer, Commented Apr 6, 2021 at 7:15
Show your best effort so far then, instead of the pointless code you provided above. Maybe you're actually not too far from the solution. — ADyson
– ADyson, Commented Apr 6, 2021 at 7:17

Death-is-the-real-truth · Accepted Answer · 2021-04-06 07:28:25Z

2

You need to use foreach() as well along with json_decode() and array_merge()

<?php

$old = '{"4":{"deu":1, "eng":1, "fra":1}}';
$new = '{"4":{"deu":1, "eng":2}}';

$oldArray = json_decode($old,true);
$newArray = json_decode($new,true);


$finalArray =[];
foreach($oldArray as $key=>$value){
    $finalArray[$key] =  array_merge($value,$newArray[$key]);
}

print_r($finalArray);

echo json_encode($finalArray);

Output: https://3v4l.org/i0QLt

answered Apr 6, 2021 at 7:28

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