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How to get a variable name as a string in PHP?
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Closed 9 years ago.
I often see or have to convert a bunch of variables into an array like this:
$array = array("description"=>$description, "title"=>$title, "page"=>$page, "author"=>$author);
Basically, all array keys match the name of the variable that is being passed in. Is there a way to reference a variable name so that it can be passed into the array like so:
$array[varName($description)] = $description;
You could use compact [docs]:
$array = compact('description', 'title', 'page', 'author');
Each argument is a variable name and it will create an array with the key being the name and the value being the value of the variable with that name.
It's the other way round than your approach though.
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How to loop through PHP object with dynamic keys [duplicate]
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Closed 3 years ago.
I set up a new site and want a workaround for the problem.
I have this text in the mysql table
{"200":"5","220":"0","65":"4","80":"0","199":"1","197":"1","198":"0","257":"4","223":"0"}
I want to fetch the ID and its value by php
For example
$id[200] = 5
You can use json_decode() to convert JSON string into an array. Since your JSON string contains numeric indexes so you need to use curly brackets to fetch the values
$str = '{"200":"5","220":"0","65":"4","80":"0","199":"1","197":"1","198":"0","257":"4","223":"0"}';
$array = json_decode($str);
echo $array->{'200'};
Or you can add second parameter in json_decode as true to fetch the value as normal array
$array = json_decode($str,true);
echo $array[200];
Here is the live demo
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How to add elements to an empty array in PHP?
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Closed 5 years ago.
Given this PHP array:
$options['systems'] = array(1, 2, 3)
How would I append the value 4 to the $systems array within the $options array?
You could use array_push to push additional items like so:
array_push($options['systems'], 4);
Or the shorthand version:
$options['systems'][] = 4;
You can use php array_push function. Like this. array_push($options['systems'],4);
you can read the detail of array_push from below link.array_push manual
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Parse query string into an array
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Closed 9 years ago.
How can I convert this to an array in PHP?
&height=0&weight=2&width=10
I'm passing a data from a jquery function using .serialize() to a PHP function.
Any ideas?
Can be done within one line. :)
parse_str('&height=0&weight=2&width=10', $array);
print_r($array);
Depending on what type of request you are performing, it may already be in an array. Have a look at the PHP documentation on $_GET and $_POST global variables.
To view the contents of said array. You can use the function print_r() which will show you the contents of the array.
print_r($_GET)
print_r($_POST)
Access individual items in the array by the item's key. For example:
echo $_POST['height'];
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Construct a PHP variable name based on other variable values and static text
$value = '200';
$_200 = 'other';
How could I echo the contents of the second variable, getting its name from the first variable? So basically read the value of $value, prepend an _ and use it as a variable name.
Same as always.
echo ${'_'.$value};
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What does “=>” mean in PHP?
Reference - What does this symbol mean in PHP?
I see this symbol in a lot of PHP code.
I can't figure out what it means or what it does..
Is it really an operator ?
Do you mean =>? If so, it's for initializing array keys (or indexes if you prefer). Like this:
$values = array(
'foo' => 'bar'
);
This will initiazlie an array with a key named foo with a value of bar.
Read more on about arrays at php.net.
http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.php