PHP if statement inside an array - php

Question

I'm trying to write the below array if a value is set. How can I do this inside of an array? I know I could use a ternary operator but i'm not sure how.
array(
'name' => 'extraFields',
'attributes' => array(
'name' => 'portal',
),
if($Value === 1){
//Need to write the below when value is true
array(
'name' => 'portal',
'value'=> '',
'attributes' => array(
'id' => '1',
'value'=> 'testportal',
),
),
}
),

Answer 1

You cannot intersect a definition of an array with a conditional statement. What you need to do instead is to define your array first and then do an if statement which will add to the array. It's not entirely clear at what level of your array you want to add the conditional content, so I'll show it on a simplified example:
$value = 1;
$myArray = array(
'name' => 'Joe',
'kids' => array(
'name' => 'Mary',
),
);
if ($value === 1) {
$myArray['kids']['hobbies'] = 'kite flying';
}
After this, the variable $myArray will have the following content:
array(
'name' => 'Joe',
'kids' => array(
'name' => 'Mary',
'hobbies' => 'kite flying',
),
)
Where exactly you need to put your conditional data depends on the full structure of your array, but the idea is you access the parts you want through indices.
Edit: in case you can just add the needed subarray at the end of your array, you can utilize array_push.

Answer 2

There is 3 variants to do this:
// Variant 1
// Anonymous function, variables from the parent scope
$Value = 1;
$arr = array(
'name' => 'extraFields',
'attributes' => array(
'name' => 'portal',
),
'ifArray' => function() use ($Value) {
if ($Value == 1)
return array(
'name' => 'portal',
'value'=> '',
'attributes' => array(
'id' => '1',
'value'=> 'testportal',
),
);
}
);
print_r($arr['ifArray']());
// Variant 2
// Anonymous function, variable assignment
$arr = array(
'name' => 'extraFields',
'attributes' => array(
'name' => 'portal',
),
'ifArray' => function($Value) {
if ($Value == 1)
return array(
'name' => 'portal',
'value'=> '',
'attributes' => array(
'id' => '1',
'value'=> 'testportal',
),
);
}
);
$Value = 1;
print_r($arr['ifArray']($Value));
// Variant 3
// Ternar operator
$Value = 1;
$arr = array(
'name' => 'extraFields',
'attributes' => array(
'name' => 'portal',
),
'ifArray' => $Value != 1 ? null : array(
'name' => 'portal',
'value'=> '',
'attributes' => array(
'id' => '1',
'value'=> 'testportal',
)
)
);
print_r($arr['ifArray']);
However, the variant that El_Vanja suggested, might be more clear than those three.