Adding an extra row to a PHP array with new values - php

Question

I have this array called $items. My CMS created this array with three products and I just did a var_dump with the results below.
array(3) { [0]=> array(11) { ["item_id"]=> string(4) "1320" ["name"]=> string(5) "ITEM_A" ["price"]=> string(6) "$5.00" }
[1]=> array(11) { ["item_id"]=> string(4) "1321" ["name"]=> string(5) "ITEM_B" ["price"]=> string(6) "$5.00" }
[2]=> array(11) { ["item_id"]=> string(4) "1323" ["name"]=> string(5) "ITEM_D" ["price"]=> string(6) "$5.00" }
}
Is there a way I can inject another item, "ITEM_C" into this array so that it's now
array(3) { [0]=> array(11) { ["item_id"]=> string(4) "1320" ["name"]=> string(5) "ITEM_A" ["price"]=> string(6) "$5.00" }
[1]=> array(11) { ["item_id"]=> string(4) "1321" ["name"]=> string(5) "ITEM_B" ["price"]=> string(6) "$5.00" }
[2]=> array(11) { ["item_id"]=> string(4) "1323" ["name"]=> string(5) "ITEM_D" ["price"]=> string(6) "$5.00" }
[3]=> array(11) { ["item_id"]=> string(4) "1322" ["name"]=> string(5) "ITEM_C" ["price"]=> string(6) "$5.00" }
}
and then sort it by "name"? I basically want to always add one new row to this array which will always have different names and then sort it by the name. When I do the foreach php command I don't want it to be in the order of ITEM_A, ITEM_B, ITEM_D, ITEM_C. It needs to be ITEM_A, ITEM_B, ITEM_C, ITEM_D.

Answer 1

Appending to an array in PHP is easy as $array[] :
$myArray = array(1,2,3);
$myArray[] = 4; //now array(1,2,3,4)
So to add to your existing array, first create your new array element
$element = array("item_id" => 1322, "name" => "ITEM_C", /*etc.*/);
Then add it your array
$myArray[] = $element;
As for sorting, there are various sort functions depending on your exact needs. Since you're sorting according to a given array key, you'll probably need to call usort with a given function.
function nameCompare($a, $b)
{
$a = $a["name"];
$b = $b["name"];
return strcmp($a, $b);
}
usort($myArray, 'nameCompare');