Correct Logic for PHP Array - php

Question

I need to produce an output like this:
{
"properties": [
{
"name": "name",
"value": "A company name"
},
{
"name": "description",
"value": "A company description"
}
]
}
And i've written the logic as such:
$data = array(
"properties" => array(
"name" => "name",
"value" => $companyname,
"name" => "address",
"value" => $AddressLine1,
"name" => "address2",
"value" => $AddressLine2,
"name" => "address3",
"value" => $AddressLine3,
"name" => "locality",
"value" => $Locality,
"name" => "city",
"value" => $Town,
"name" => "state",
"value" => $County,
"name" => "zip",
"value" => $PostCode,
"name" => "country",
"value" => $Country,
"name" => "phone",
"value" => $Telephone,
"name" => "domain",
"value" => $Website,
"name" => "lead_forensics_business_id",
"value" => $hubspotcompanyid
)
);
Can someone highlight the correct way to produce the above output?

Answer 1

Each name and value pair should be their own arrays. Like this:
$data = [
"properties" => [
[
"name" => "name",
"value" => $companyname,
],
[
"name" => "address",
"value" => $AddressLine1,
],
// And so on
]
];
(I've opted for the shorthand version of creating arrays [] instead of array() since it's, in my opinion, easier to read).

Answer 2

This should do the trick if i remember correctly:
$data = array(
"properties" => array(
array(
"name" => "name",
"value" => $companyname
),
array(
"name" => "address",
"value" => $AddressLine1
),
...
)
);
PHP automatically builds an {} or [] depending on the contents.
So u just use the array() function to build the entire structure.

Answer 3

Something like this ...
$data = array();
array_push($data, array('name' => 'name', 'value' => $companyname));
array_push($data, array('name' => 'address', 'value' => $AddressLine1));
array_push($data, array('name' => 'address2', 'value' => $AddressLine2));
$output = array();
$output['properties'] = $data;
echo json_encode($output);