Getting values from array in PHP [duplicate]

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I'm trying to get the value out of an array in PHP.

The value of $v when displayed with print_r($v) is as follows:

Array ( [0] => Array ([name] => BLARGH ) 
        [1] => Array ( [name] => TEMP CATEGORY ) 
       )

I'm trying to iterate over this and pull out the value of the name key as follows:

foreach($v as $category) {
 echo  $category->name; 
}

The echo returns no value. Further, if I add a print_r($category) to the loop I get a return of

Array ( [name] => TEMP CATEGORY )

How do I get the name value out of the array?

Did you do any research at all regarding accessing values of arrays? — Patrick Q
– Patrick Q, Commented Jan 10, 2014 at 20:04
@OP You can also type cast an array to an object if you wish to retain the -> operation. IE foreach ($v as $category) { $category = (object)$category; echo $category->name; } For this small of a demonstration its a little overkill, but some like to retain the -> method rather than ['name'] clutter. Example: ideone.com/Nxoejf — Rottingham
– Rottingham, Commented Jan 10, 2014 at 20:09

frosty11x · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-10 20:02:01Z

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inside your foreach loop do $category['name']

answered Jan 10, 2014 at 20:02

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jszobody · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-10 20:02:24Z

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This is an array, not an object. Use array notation:

echo $category['name'];

See here: http://3v4l.org/gPL27

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voodoo417 · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-10 20:03:21Z

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foreach($v as $category) {
   echo  $category['name']; 
}

answered Jan 10, 2014 at 20:03

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Gert B. · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-10 20:06:24Z

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foreach($v as $category) {

   echo  $category['name']; 

}

what you did wrong:

in this case:

$catagory->name

$category would need to be an object, not an array

answered Jan 10, 2014 at 20:06

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Andrew Brown · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-10 20:02:21Z

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<?php
foreach($v as $key => $value){
    echo $key;
    echo $value;
}
?>

answered Jan 10, 2014 at 20:02

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putvande Over a year ago

This would echo 1 and Array.

Andrew Brown Over a year ago

you're right, i read too fast and didn't see it was multidimensional

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