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planet x
planet x

Reputation: 1607

simplify this array (php) json output

I am having trouble on formatting my json. Basically I have this script structure,

$array1 = array();
for($i = 0; $i < 2 ; $i++)
{
$array1[] = array
(
    "stocks" => array
    (
    "0" => "apple" 
    "1" => "banana"
    "2" => "mango"
)
);
}

When executed, this outputs (in JSON format):

{
    stocks:
    {
        0 : apple,
        1 : banana,
        2 : mango
    }
}

{
    stocks:
    {
        0 : apple,
        1 : banana,
        2 : mango
    }
}

My problem is, what changes do I have to make to produce an output like this:

{
    stocks:
    {
        0 : apple,
        1 : banana,
        2 : mango
    },

    stocks:
    {
        0 : apple,
        1 : banana,
        2 : mango
    }
}

Upvotes: 0

Views: 224

Answers (3)

Jason Brumwell
Jason Brumwell

Reputation: 3550

I think the easiest format would be the following:

$array1 = array();
for($i = 0; $i < 2 ; $i++)
{
    $array1['stocks'][] = array
    (
             "0" => "apple" 
             "1" => "banana"
             "2" => "mango"
    );
 }

which will display output like:

{
    stocks: [
        {
            0 : apple,
            1 : banana,
            2 : mango
        },
        {
            0 : apple,
            1 : banana,
            2 : mango
        }
    ]
}

Upvotes: 5

sshow
sshow

Reputation: 9094

Your array keys has to be unique. If they're not, the values of the current item will get overwritten each iteration within the for loop.

$arr = array();
for ($i = 0; $i < 2 ; $i++) {
    $arr["stocks{$i}"] = array(
        "0" => "apple" 
        "1" => "banana"
        "2" => "mango"
    );
}

Upvotes: 1

animuson
animuson

Reputation: 54729

You can't have two elements in an array (or object) that have the same key. If you want to have them both in one array, you'll have to assign separate keys to each of them, like this:

$array1 = array();
for($i = 0; $i < 2 ; $i++)
{
    $array1["stocks{$i}"] = array
    (
        "0" => "apple" 
        "1" => "banana"
        "2" => "mango"
    );
}

Which would output:

{
    stocks0:
    {
        0 : apple,
        1 : banana,
        2 : mango
    },

    stocks1:
    {
        0 : apple,
        1 : banana,
        2 : mango
    }
}

Upvotes: 1

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