Updating array keys inside of an array - php

Question

My goal is to be able to update a key value inside of an array inside of an array and I'm don't know if I'm using the right php array function.
BEFORE:
array:2 [
"week_number" => 1
"games" => array:1 [
0 => array:3 [
"game_number" => 1
"umpires" => []
"teams" => []
]
]
]
AFTER:
array:2 [
"week_number" => 1
"games" => array:1 [
0 => array:3 [
"game_number" => 1
"umpires" => []
"teams" => [1,2]
]
]
]
Test Class:
private function validParams($overrides = [])
{
return array_merge_recursive([
'week_number' => 1,
'games' => [[
'game_number' => 1,
'umpires' => [],
'teams' => [],
]]
], $overrides);
}
$response = $this->actingAs($this->authorizedUser)
->post(route('games.store', ['week' => $this->week->id]), $this->validParams([
'games' => [][
[
'teams' => [1,2]
]
]
]));

Answer 1

If you want to update the keys... typing $array['new_key'] = $array['old_key'] will duplicate the value with 2 sets of keys.
You have a few options here. Either you create a new array and just set your desired keys or work with array_keys and array_values and mix them up... your choice
http://php.net/manual/en/ref.array.php
See the list above, there are a lot of array functions you can use... see the two above and array_map... there is virtually a great number of ways you can do this. See how your problem is best handled after reviewing the documentation.
Good luck!

Answer 2

This is the moment where you need unset(): Adding a value with a different key will not update or overwrite the old value but simply add another key-value pair.
Hence, add the new value fist, then unset the old one. We can use To array_walk to itterate over the array:
array_walk($array, function (& $item) {
$item['new_key'] = $item['old_key'];
unset($item['old_key']);
});
Take note of the & reference operator in the lambda function: it ensures we are working on the original array and not a copy of it.

Answer 3

I found this as a solution.
private function validParams($overrides = [])
{
return array_replace_recursive([
'week_number' => 1,
'games' => [
0 => [
'game_number' => 1,
'umpires' => [],
'teams' => [],
]
]
], $overrides);
}
->post(route('games.store', ['week' => $this->week->id]), $this->validParams([
'games' => [
0 => [
'teams' => [1,2]
]
]
]));