Maintain Element in PHP Array And Update in PHP Class - php

Question

I have one PHP class as below (part of the code):
class myclass{
private static $arrX = array();
private function is_val_exists($needle, $haystack) {
if(in_array($needle, $haystack)) {
return true;
}
foreach($haystack as $element) {
if(is_array($element) && $this->is_val_exists($needle, $element))
return true;
}
return false;
}
//the $anInput is a string e.g. Michael,18
public function doProcess($anInput){
$det = explode(",", $anInput);
if( $this->is_val_exists( $det[0], $this->returnProcess() ) ){
//update age of Michael
}
else{
array_push(self::$arrX, array(
'name' => $det[0],
'age' => $det[1]
));
}
}
public function returnProcess(){
return self::$arrX;
}
}
The calling code in index.php
$msg = 'Michael,18';
myclass::getHandle()->doProcess($msg);
In my webpage says index.php, it calls function doProcess() over and over again. When the function is called, string is passed and stored in an array. In the next call, if let's say same name is passed again, I want to update his age. My problem is I don't know how to check if the array $arrX contains the name. From my own finding, the array seems to be re-initiated (back to zero element) when the code is called. My code never does the update and always go to the array_push part. Hope somebody can give some thoughts on this. Thank you.

Answer 1

There is a ) missing in your else condition of your doProcess() function, it should read:
else{
array_push(self::$arrX, array(
'name' => $det[0],
'age' => $det[1]
)); // <-- there was the missing )
}
Here is a complete running solution based on your code:
<?php
class myclass{
private static $arrX = array();
private function is_val_exists($needle, $haystack) {
if(in_array($needle, $haystack)) {
return true;
}
foreach($haystack as $element) {
if(is_array($element) && $this->is_val_exists($needle, $element))
return true;
}
return false;
}
//the $anInput is a string e.g. Michael,18
public function doProcess($anInput){
$det = explode(",", $anInput);
if( $this->is_val_exists( $det[0], $this->returnProcess() ) ){
//update age of Michael
for ($i=0; $i<count(self::$arrX); $i++) {
if (is_array(self::$arrX[$i]) && self::$arrX[$i]['name'] == $det[0]) {
self::$arrX[$i]['age'] = $det[1];
break;
}
}
} else{
array_push(self::$arrX, array(
'name' => $det[0],
'age' => $det[1]
));
}
}
public function returnProcess(){
return self::$arrX;
}
}
$mc = new myclass();
$mc->doProcess('Michael,18');
$mc->doProcess('John,23');
$mc->doProcess('Michael,19');
$mc->doProcess('John,25');
print_r($mc->returnProcess());
?>
You can test it here: PHP Runnable

Answer 2

As I said in comments, it looks like you want to maintain state between requests. You can't use pure PHP to do that, you should use an external storage solution instead. If it's available, try Redis, it has what you need and is quite simple to use. Or, if you're familiar with SQL, you could go with MySQL for example.
On a side note, you should read more about how PHP arrays work.
Instead of array_push, you could have just used self::$arrX[] = ...
Instead of that, you could have used an associative array, e.g. self::$arrX[$det[0]] = $det[1];, that would make lookup much easier (array_key_exists etc.)

Answer 3

Can you try updating the is_val_exists as follows:
private function is_val_exists($needle, $haystack) {
foreach($haystack as $element) {
if ($element['name'] == $needle) {
return true;
}
return false;
}