How to insert data into php multi dimensional array - php

Question

This one should be straight forward, but I am having issues as I have not worked with arrays that much.
So I am try to insert data into a 3 dimensional array, this is the structure of my 3 dimensional array:
Array
(
[data] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[name] => name
[by] => by
[imgUrl] => imgUrl
[linkUrl] => linkUrl
[date] => date
)
[1] => Array
(
[name] => name
[by] => by
[imgUrl] => imgUrl
[linkUrl] => linkUrl
[date] => date
)
)
)
I am trying to push the existing array downwards, the existing [0] becomes [1], ect. While the new [0] will be the posted data from a form.
I have tried array_push, array_splice, array_merge, but all to no avail.

Answer 1

if I understood you correctly...
here's a fiddle.
$multi = array(
"data" =>array(
array(
'something1' => 'something else',
'something0' => 'something else',
'something345' => 'something else'
),
array(
'something1' => 'something else',
'something0' => 'something else',
'something345' => 'something else'
),
)
);
$new = array(
'something1' => 'something else',
'something0' => 'something else',
'something345' => 'something else'
);
array_push($multi['data'], $new);
print_r($multi);

Answer 2

You are looking for the array_unshift function:
array_unshift($arr["data"], $new);
Test script:
$arr = Array(
"data" => Array(
Array(
"name" => "name",
"by" => "by",
"imgUrl" => "imgUrl",
"linkUrl" => "linkUrl",
"date" => "date"
)
,Array(
"name" => "lastname",
"by" => "by",
"imgUrl" => "imgUrl",
"linkUrl" => "linkUrl",
"date" => "date"
)
)
);
$new = Array(
"name" => "newname",
"by" => "newby",
"imgUrl" => "newimgUrl",
"linkUrl" => "newlinkUrl",
"date" => "newdate"
);
array_unshift($arr["data"], $new);
print_r ($arr);
Output shows that new element pushes the other elements down:
array(1) {
["data"]=> array(3) {
[0]=> array(5) {
["name"]=> string(7) "newname"
["by"]=> string(5) "newby"
["imgUrl"]=> string(9) "newimgUrl"
["linkUrl"]=> string(10) "newlinkUrl"
["date"]=> string(7) "newdate"
}
[1]=> array(5) {
["name"]=> string(4) "name"
["by"]=> string(2) "by"
["imgUrl"]=> string(6) "imgUrl"
["linkUrl"]=> string(7) "linkUrl"
["date"]=> string(4) "date"
}
[2]=> array(5) {
["name"]=> string(9) "firstname"
["by"]=> string(2) "by"
["imgUrl"]=> string(6) "imgUrl"
["linkUrl"]=> string(7) "linkUrl"
["date"]=> string(4) "date"
}
}
}