Pushing array into multidimensional array (php) [duplicate] - php

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I've attempted many different ways to push an array into a multidimensional array, including array_push(), $array['index'] = $toPush but I keep being met with quite unexpected results. I have used both var_dump() and print_r() as detailed below in an attempt to debug, but cannot work out the issue.
My reasoning behind is to run a while loop to pull game id's and game names and store these in an assoc. array, and then push them into my main array.
$games_array = array
(
"games" => array
(
array("id"=>"1", "game"=>"first game");
array("id"=>"2", "game"=>"second game");
)
);
// a while loop would run here and update $game_to_add;
$game_to_add = array("id"=>"$game['id']", "game"=>"$game['title']");
$games_array = array_push($games_array['games'], $game_to_add);
In this example, the while() would update the ID and the Game inside of $game_to_add
But, whenever I attempt this it simply overwrites the array and outputs an integer ( example: int(3) )
I don't understand what the problem is, any explination would be appreciated as I cannot find a question specifically for this.
My actual test code:
$games_array = array( "games" => array(
array("id" => "1", "name" => "Star feathers"),
array("id" => "2", "name" => "chung fu")
)
);
$another_game = array("id" => "3", "name" => "some kunt");
$games_array = array_push($games_array["games"], array("id" => "3", "name"
=>"some game"));
var_dump($games_array);

Answer 1

You're assigning the return value of array_push to the games array.
The return value of array_push is the amount of elements after pushing.
Just use it as
array_push($array, $newElement);
(Without assignment)
If you're only pushing one element at he time, $array[] = $newElement is preferred to prevent overhead of the function call of array_push