PHP - How do I add a name to an array - php

Question

I am building an array (json encoded) and returning it to the caller. My output currently looks like this:
[{"org_id":1,"org_name":"Org 1"},{"org_id":4,"org_name":"Org 4"}]
I want to add a name so that output looks like this:
{
“orgs” : [
{"org_id":1,"org_name":"Org 1"},
{"org_id":4,"org_name":"Org 4"}
]
}
Here is my current code:
// if orgs were found then
if ( is_array($orgs) && !empty($orgs) ) {
$json_orgs = json_encode($user_orgs);
// else return an empty array
} else {
$user_orgs = array();
}
I am fairly new to OO coding, so I have not figured out how to initialize an object so that "orgs" is present. Maybe I don't even need an object. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Before you json encode the array, just wrap it in another one:
$newArray = ['orgs' => $yourCurrentArray];
Then you json encode the new variable instead.
If you rather not create a new array, you can simply do:
json_encode(['orgs' => $yourCurrentArray]);
This doesn't really have anything to do with OOP since you're just working with arrays. Associative arrays becomes objects when encoded into JSON.

Answer 2

You didn't say exactly how you're generating the JSON at the moment, or from what object/variable in PHP, or with what structure (there is more than one possible way).
But in general, here's how you could do it with an associative array:
$data = array (
'orgs' =>
array (
0 =>
array (
'org_id' => 1,
'org_name' => 'Org 1',
),
1 =>
array (
'org_id' => 4,
'org_name' => 'Org 4',
),
),
)
And then json_encode that to get the JSON.
(Hint: you can simply do the process in reverse to generate this example code from the desired JSON.)

Answer 3

You can achieve this by adding a key, for example:
// variable holding your data
$data;
// return statement in your controller
return ['orgs' => $data];

Answer 4

You just need to decode this with json_decode() and then you get like this
array (
0 =>
array (
'org_id' => 1,
'org_name' => 'Org 1',
),
1 =>
array (
'org_id' => 4,
'org_name' => 'Org 4',
),
)
then you need to add parant array on it
array( "orgs"=> array (
0 =>
array (
'org_id' => 1,
'org_name' => 'Org 1',
),
1 =>
array (
'org_id' => 4,
'org_name' => 'Org 4',
),
)
)
then again encode it and you will get your answer