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Niek Jonkman
Niek Jonkman

Reputation: 497

PHP stacking array in another using push

Could anyone explain me how to solve the following:

function GetSetClearForm(){

   $person = array('firstname' => $_POST["fname"], 'lastname' => $_POST["lname"],'age' => $_POST["age"] ,'city' => $_POST["city"] ,'zipcode' => $_POST["zcode"],'address' => $_POST["address"]);
   print_r($person);
   $personlist = array();
   array_push($personlist,$person);
   print_r($personlist);

   return $personlist;
}

When the print_r($personlist); has ran I get the following output:

 Array ( 
    [0] => Array ( 
       [firstname] => 2 
       [lastname] => 2 
       [age] => 2 
       [city] => 2 
       [zipcode] => 2 
       [address] => 2 
       ) 
    )

(filled in all textboxes with "2").

This is ok at this point, but whenever I fill in another one I get this output:

Array ( 
    [0] => Array ( 
           [firstname] => 1 
           [lastname] => 1 
           [age] => 1 
           [city] => 1 
           [zipcode] => 1 
           [address] => 1 
           ) 
     )

(filled in all textboxes with "1").

So instead of creating another person on a new index (index[1]) it replaces index[0] with a new person and deletes the older one. I dont want it do delete it I want to get a list full of people. I think it has to do with the array_push but I am not sure I hope anyone could help me out here.

EDIT:

Added the index.php:

<form action="check.php" method="POST">
<table>
<tr><td>First name</td><td><input type="text" name="fname"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Last name</td><td><input type="text" name="lname"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Age</td><td><input type="text" name="age"></td></tr>
<tr><td>City</td><td><input type="text" name="city"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Zipcode</td><td><input type="text" name="zcode"></td></tr>
<tr><td>Adress</td><td><input type="text" name="address"></td></tr>
<tr><td></td><td><input type="submit" value="Submit"></td></tr>
</table>
</form>

Added the check.php

<?php
include("functions.php");

$personlist = array();
$personlist[] = GetSetClearForm();
print_r($personlist);
?>

Upvotes: 1

Views: 475

Answers (2)

ndasusers
ndasusers

Reputation: 747

I think the problem is you are re-creating person list each time the function is called. Maybe you can solve it like this:

//Create your person list some where else and keep it alive.
//Like in a session? 
session_start();


//Then give your keep alive array to your function each time.
function GetSetClearForm(){

$person = array('firstname' => $_POST["fname"], 'lastname' => $_POST["lname"],'age' => $_POST["age"] ,'city' => $_POST["city"] ,'zipcode' => $_POST["zcode"],'address' => $_POST["address"]);
print_r($person);

return $person;
}


$_SESSION['personlist'][] = GetSetClearForm() ;   
print_r( $_SESSION['personlist']);

Upvotes: 0

Luigi Siri
Luigi Siri

Reputation: 2018

Instead of using array_push you can use this:

$personlist = array();
$personlist[] = $person;

This way a new index is created every time you 'insert' a new value, in this case an array.

EDIT:

You need to declare and fill your $personlist array outside your function. That said:

function GetSetClearForm(){

   $person = array('firstname' => $_POST["fname"], 'lastname' => $_POST["lname"],'age' => $_POST["age"] ,'city' => $_POST["city"] ,'zipcode' => $_POST["zcode"],'address' => $_POST["address"]);
   print_r($person);
   return $person;
 }

 $personlist = array();
 $personlist[] = GetSetClearForm();

Upvotes: 2

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