Merging two objects - php

Question

Quotes object:
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[sitecaptions] => Array
(
[id] => 2
[caption] => Great camera deals!
[linkurl] => http://www.99hotdeals.com/cat/Cameras
and Camcorders
)
)
)
The Posts Object:
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[Post] => Array
(
[id] => 2797
[post_title] => xx1
[item_desc] => xx desc
[dateadded] => 2009-12-22 11:10:15
)
[Category] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[id] => 99
[name] => Others
)
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[Post] => Array
(
[id] => 2798
[post_title] => xx2
[item_desc] => xx2 desc
[dateadded] => 2009-12-22 11:10:45
)
[Category] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[id] => 99
[name] => Others
)
)
)
)
As you can see, the Posts Object contains two elements, [Post] and
[Category] for each record [0],[1] etc. I want to insert the
[sitecaptions] element into that Posts Object so that in effect it
looks like:
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[Post] => Array
(
[id] => 2797
[post_title] => xx1
[item_desc] => xx desc
[dateadded] => 2009-12-22 11:10:15
)
[Category] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[id] => 99
[name] => Others
)
)
[sitecaptions] => Array
(
[id] => 2
[caption] => Great camera deals!
[linkurl] => http://www.99hotdeals.com/cat/Cameras
and Camcorders
)
)
)
How do I combine two objects like that? Or how do I insert elements
into an existing object? Hope I'm clear about what I'm asking. Thanks
for your time...

Answer 1

lets call these objects $Quotes and $Posts respectively.
Quotes object:
Array (
[0] => Array (
[sitecaptions] => Array (
[id] => 2
[caption] => Great camera deals!
[linkurl] => http://www.99hotdeals.com/cat/Cameras and Camcorders )
)
)
)
The Posts Object:
Array (
[0] => Array (
[Post] => Array (
[id] => 2797
[post_title] => xx1
[item_desc] => xx desc
[dateadded] => 2009-12-22 11:10:15
)
[Category] => Array (
[0] => Array (
[id] => 99
[name] => Others
)
)
)
[1] => Array (
[Post] => Array (
[id] => 2798
[post_title] => xx2
[item_desc] => xx2 desc
[dateadded] => 2009-12-22 11:10:45
)
[Category] => Array (
[0] => Array (
[id] => 99
[name] => Others
)
)
)
)
do you want the [sitecaptions] from the $quotes to be in both of your $posts elements? or just the one with the same key?
as to say if you have just $quotes[0] only $posts[0] will be affected. OR both $posts[0] and $posts[1] will be affected.
if you want $quotes[0] to be in both $post elements you can do this:
foreach ($posts as $key=>$post) {
$posts[$key]['sitecaptions'] = $quotes[0]['sitecaptions'];
}
if you want only the elements from $quotes that have the same index as the elements in $posts you can do this:
$posts = array_merge_recursive($posts,$quotes);
doing this second one would have $posts[1] being without a ['sitecaptions'] element.
end result:
Array (
[0] => Array (
[Post] => Array (
[id] => 2797
[post_title] => xx1
[item_desc] => xx desc
[dateadded] => 2009-12-22 11:10:15
)
[Category] => Array (
[0] => Array (
[id] => 99
[name] => Others
)
)
[sitecaptions] => Array (
[id] => 2
[caption] => Great camera deals!
[linkurl] => http://www.99hotdeals.com/cat/Cameras and Camcorders
)
)
)
Hope it helps!