Add array data by name php

Question

I'm new to arrays. I'd like to know if you can add data to the array by name. This would be an example of what I want to achieve

example:

$guitars = ['names',['Warvick', 'Gibson', 'Fender']];
$guitars[names][] = "Ibanez";
echo "<pre>";
var_dump($guitars);
echo "</pre>";

result

WARNING Use of undefined constant names - assumed 'names' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) on line number 3
array(3) {
  [0]=>
  string(5) "names"
  [1]=>
  array(3) {
    [0]=>
    string(7) "Warvick"
    [1]=>
    string(6) "Gibson"
    [2]=>
    string(6) "Fender"
  }
  ["names"]=>
  array(1) {
    [0]=>
    string(6) "Ibanez"
  }

what I want is to add the data "ibanez" to the array "names" but nevertheless create a new one.

I need it to stay this way. Is there any way to access the data directly by the name "names"?

array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(5) "names"
  [1]=>
  array(4) {
    [0]=>
    string(7) "Warvick"
    [1]=>
    string(6) "Gibson"
    [2]=>
    string(6) "Fender"
    [3]=>
    string(6) "Ibanez"
  }
}

symlink · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-21 01:46:08Z

2

You want to use associative arrays. In this case, for example, use the arrow token to associate the guitar names with the "names" key.

$guitars = ['names' => ['Warvick', 'Gibson', 'Fender']];
$guitars['names'][] = "Ibanez";
echo "<pre>";
var_dump($guitars);
echo "</pre>";

answered May 21, 2022 at 1:46

symlink

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4 Comments

Club Over a year ago

excellent thanks I take this opportunity to ask how I could pass this to an object and use its values? thanks

Club Over a year ago

intent json $object = (object) $guitars; var_dump($object->names->Warvick); not working :c

Club Over a year ago

okey its worth json_decode (json_encode ($guitars), false)

Crimin4L Over a year ago

If you want to convert the full array into an object you can use my recursive array_to_stdClass(&$array); function posted here. It converts a full array (no mater the dimensions) into an stdClass Object.

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