Add Array to Existing Object - php

Question

This seems pretty easy, but I can't figure it out. I have an existing array of objects that was json_decoded. I need to iterate over those objects, append a new array to each, and then put the overall array back together. I can't get the new array to append in the correct place.
function appendToArray($arrayOfObjects) {
$newArray = array();
foreach ($arrayOfObjects as $object) {
echo "<pre>".print_r($object, true)."</pre>";
$newItems = array('item1', 'item2', 'item3');
$moreItems = array('more1', 'more2', 'more3');
$newObject = array();
$newObject["newItems"] = $newItems;
$newObject["moreItems"] = $moreItems;
$rebuiltObject = array();
array_push($rebuiltObject, $object);
$rebuiltObject['new_stuff'] = $newObject;
// $rebuiltObject[0]['new_stuff'] = $newObject;
array_push($newArray, $newObject);
}
return $newArray;
}
Here is an example of one of the objects that I start with (after json_decode of course:
0 => stdClass Object
(
[code] => some code
[first_name] => First
[last_name] => Last
[urls] => stdClass Object
(
[news] => http://www.somesite.com/news
[info] => http://www.somesite.com/info
)
[geo] => stdClass Object
(
[latitude] => 0.0
[longitude] => 0.0
[name] => building name
)
)
When this is done, what I want is this:
0 => stdClass Object
(
[code] => some code
[first_name] => First
[last_name] => Last
[urls] => stdClass Object
(
[news] => http://www.somesite.com/news
[info] => http://www.somesite.com/info
)
[geo] => stdClass Object
(
[latitude] => 0.0
[longitude] => 0.0
[name] => building name
)
[new_stuff] => Array
(
[newItems] => Array
(
[0] => item1
[1] => item2
[2] => item3
)
[moreItems] => Array
(
[0] => more1
[1] => more2
[2] => more3
)
)
)
But what I get is this:
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[code] => some code
[first_name] => First
[last_name] => Last
[urls] => stdClass Object
(
[news] => http://www.somesite.com/news
[info] => http://www.somesite.com/info
)
[geo] => stdClass Object
(
[latitude] => 0.0
[longitude] => 0.0
[name] => building name
)
),
[new_stuff] => Array
(
[newItems] => Array
(
[0] => item1
[1] => item2
[2] => item3
)
[moreItems] => Array
(
[0] => more1
[1] => more2
[2] => more3
)
)
)
Notice how [new_stuff] is outside of the original object. I need to get it inside. Everything else I've tried crashes and I'm totally out of ideas. Can anyone see how I can do this? Thank you!

Answer 1

You solution is one string:
$object->new_stuff = $newObject;
because every $object is object and not array. And adding new property to object is done via -> and not with [].
Full code:
function appendToArray($arrayOfObjects) {
foreach ($arrayOfObjects as $object) {
echo "<pre>".print_r($object, true)."</pre>";
$newItems = array('item1', 'item2', 'item3');
$moreItems = array('more1', 'more2', 'more3');
$newObject = array();
$newObject["newItems"] = $newItems;
$newObject["moreItems"] = $moreItems;
$object->new_stuff = $newObject;
}
return $arrayOfObjects;
}

Answer 2

You can just array_walk and change the object inplace:
array_walk($arrayOfObjects, function(&$item) {
$item->new_stuff = ["newItems" => ['item1', 'item2', 'item3'], etc];
});