Need a help to assign array to array element of php - php

Question

I have created an array to convert into json file in php. But as per the requirement I need to assign an array to this array element. it's an array inside an array.
"data" => array( // data array
array(
"event_name" => "Purchase",
"event_time" => time(),
"event_id" => $order_id,
"user_data" => array(
"client_ip_address" => $ip,
"client_user_agent" => $browser,
"em" => $email,
"ph" => $phone,
"fbc" =>$fbp,
"fbp" =>$fbc,
"fn" => $fn,
"ct" => $ct,
"st" => $st,
"zp" => $zp,
"country" => $country,
"external_id" => $email
),
"contents" => $items,
// "id" => $item_ids,
// "quantity" => count($item_qty),
// // "delivery_category"=> "home_delivery",
// "order_id" => $order_id
// ),
"custom_data" => array(
"currency" => "GBP",
"value" => $order_total,
),
"action_source" => "website",
"event_source_url" => $fullURL,
),
)
);
But my $item array look like this when I echo
{
"id": 814,
"order_id": 36956,
"name": "Pearson BTEC Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership (RQF)",
"product_id": 19555,
"variation_id": 0,
"quantity": 2,
"tax_class": "",
"subtotal": "1158",
"subtotal_tax": "0",
"total": "1158",
"total_tax": "0",
"taxes": {
"total": [],
"subtotal": []
},
"meta_data": []
},
{
"id": 815,
"order_id": 36956,
"name": "Pearson BTEC Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership (RQF)",
"product_id": 19107,
"variation_id": 0,
"quantity": 1,
"tax_class": "",
"subtotal": "999",
"subtotal_tax": "0",
"total": "999",
"total_tax": "0",
"taxes": {
"total": [],
"subtotal": []
},
"meta_data": []
}
And when I assign this $items and converted to json then I can see only the ides of the array
"user_data": {
"client_ip_address": "2402:d000:a200:a4a8:f06d:40a:cf85:e26d",
"client_user_agent": "",
"em": "b99526fedef7fe1da29e27d6f09cb64efew536978778e6cde3d8277d71a04398d1a4",
"ph": "db80005a39b11372054b7708cac76gsaaww47af6ed3fe4b37b9a8b2be435e2fcff04a7",
"fbc": "",
"fbp": "",
"fn": "83cd072a16ddb3d793c2f5bcd7d0basdree5a04af680279cf6a26fb8dffe57ce3b51a",
"ct": "17a0730b80e55f4bee9569be3f7e6d0wqw500c5568ecb8d785759d7151ef40f5bbd",
"st": "e3b0c44298fc1c149afbf4c8996fb9sas2427ae41e4649b934ca495991b7852b855",
"zp": "ac7bb74de6884ffce919c15fef4193749sdsd4588026c643973946713ac46da540d",
"country": "c820736841e811c96d30b14eb998feb6bsddc2c9d0764b7731267438dc7d6bb5b59",
"external_id": "b99526fedef7fe1da29e27d6f09ssscb64536978778e6cde3d8277d71a04398d1a4"
},
"contents": [
{
"814": {},
"815": {}
}
],
result should be look like this in this way in "centents" element
"contents" : [{'id':'ABC123','quantity' :2,'item_price':5.99}, {'id':'XYZ789','quantity':2, 'item_price':9.99, 'delivery_category': 'in_store'}]

Answer 1

I think the problem is that your $items, is actually an array of "strings" (json)
try to do a json_decode() on those $items before adding it to the content.
anyway, when you ask a question try to remove all unnecessary stuff, and make an example with the minimum code you need help with, in this case it takes a lot of reading through stuff just to understand the issue.