AutoIncrement Array in an Array() : Is that possible?

Question

I would like to do that :

$product[] = Array (
                            "article_title" => valeures,
                            "article_id" => ,
                            "article_value" => ,
                            "article_price" =>
                            "article_picture1" => ,
                            "article_picture2" => ,
                            "article_picture3" => ,
                            "article_picture4" => ,
                            "article_friends[]" => array ( "name" => ,
                                                    ),

                        );

But I know it won't work, I've been looking for hours on the net and on php.net, but I don't know how to do. What I want to do, is getting a product[] array that can handle product[1]; product [2] ... and inside it, I got the same process : the "article_firends[]" will be autoincremented to do something like that :

In product[1] : artcile_friends[1][name] = John ; article_freidns[2][name] = Nina ... and so on with product[2] ...

This has been implementedin a foreach loop so it Should manage the keys automatically .. How can I build it ?

Many Thanks, Miles

So....was there a question somewhere in there?

user554546
– user554546

2012-01-25 16:15:11 +00:00
Commented Jan 25, 2012 at 16:15 — user554546
– user554546, Commented Jan 25, 2012 at 16:15
well .. yeah, I'm looking for the right way to write it :)

Miles M.
– Miles M.

2012-01-25 16:25:23 +00:00
Commented Jan 25, 2012 at 16:25 — Miles M.
– Miles M., Commented Jan 25, 2012 at 16:25

Marc B · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-25 16:14:57Z

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"article_friends[]" => array ( "name" => ,

doesn't create a new article_friends sub array. It creates a key in the parent $product array whose name happens to be article_friends[].

Remove the quotes from around the key, so you end up with

article_friends[] => array ( "name" => , ...

answered Jan 25, 2012 at 16:14

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Josh Over a year ago

I'm trying to test this.. Are you saying $products[] = array( article_friends[] => array ("name" => "test") ); should work?

zaphod1984 · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-25 16:15:36Z

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This totally does work.

You're getting an error because of valeures, either this is a variable, than add a '$' or it's a string, than add quotes. "article_friends[]" => array ( "name" => , is wrong too, you have to add a value after "name".

The trailing comma in the 'article_friends[]' line should be omitted to.

answered Jan 25, 2012 at 16:15

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Miles M. Over a year ago

Thanks, When I put Valeures I meant Values, like the value I want it to take, I know I have to put some variables in there, but will the article_firends[] will autoincrement each time I update the $product array to put another article_friends[] ?

zaphod1984 Over a year ago

no, "article_friends[]" is a string, therefore it acts like a normal key in your array. assuming you want to store a list of friends there, you can do something like this: ...."article_friends" => array ( "name1", "name2", "name3" )...

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