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Scott
Scott

Reputation: 481

Can I use an array in PHP as associative and also numbed ?

I have an associative array like this 

$imagePaths = array(
    'logo'          => "logo.jpg",
    'facebook-logo' => "facebook-icon.jpg",
    'twitter-logo'  => "twitter-icon.jpg",
    'linkedin'      => "linkedIn.jpg"
);

for me to call logo, I use below code

$ClassInstance->imagePaths['logo'];

But I would also like to be able to call it using 

$ClassInstance->imagePaths[0];

Is there anyway to do this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 72

Answers (2)

garoevans
garoevans

Reputation: 155

You could store a second array using array_values():

$imagePathsKeyed = array_values($imagePaths);

EDIT: I've expanded the example code to help here

<?php
class SomeObject
{
    public $imagePaths;
    public $keyedImagePaths;

    public function __construct()
    {
        $this->imagePaths = array(
            'logo'          => "logo.jpg",
            'facebook-logo' => "facebook-icon.jpg",
            'twitter-logo'  => "twitter-icon.jpg",
            'linkedin'      => "linkedIn.jpg"
        );

        $this->keyedImagePaths = array_values($this->imagePaths);
    }
}

$classInstance = new SomeObject();
// logo.jpg
echo $classInstance->imagePaths['logo'];
// logo.jpg
echo $classInstance->keyedImagePaths[0];

Upvotes: 4

Amal Murali
Amal Murali

Reputation: 76636

You can achieve this with array_keys():

$keys = array_keys($imagePaths);
$ClassInstance->imagePaths[$keys[0]];

Upvotes: 6

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