Create an object of arrays in PHP

Question

The structure which I want to get:

[
        {
            id: 'some id',
            name: 'Name',
        },
        {
            id: 'some id',
            name: 'Name',
        }, 
        // more arrays
]

and here is how I get the data

$students = get_posts( $args )

foreach ( $students as $student ) {
     $id = $student->ID;
     $name = $student->post_title;
}

now how can I convert the above data to the structure I want? thanks

I'm assuming the output is JSON, so even if you create it as an array then they will be encoded as objects. — Nigel Ren
– Nigel Ren, Commented Jan 17, 2020 at 20:45

GrumpyCrouton · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-17 20:43:05Z

1

Your output is not a valid PHP structure, but I'm assuming you meant you want the equivalent as a PHP array.

//create empty array to add subarrays to
$array = array();

//loop through values
foreach (get_posts($args) as $student) {

     //add subarray to array. using `[]` this way means "add to next sequential array key"
    $array[] = array(
        'id' => $student->ID, 
        'name' => $student->post_title
    );
}

edited Jan 17, 2020 at 20:43

answered Jan 17, 2020 at 20:36

GrumpyCrouton

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