php how to save all the values inside an array when applying a foreach function?

Question

How can I save an array, for example,

['name' => 'Some_name_1', 'Quantity' => 176],
['name' => 'some_name_2', 'Quantity' => 1096],
['name' => 'some_name_3', 'Quantity' => 1598],

from a foreach loop?

For example, I get those values from another array by applying the array_count_values() function in this form:

Array
(
    [Some_name_1] => 176
    [Some_name_2] => 1096
    [Some_name_3] => 1598
)

And when I apply the foreach() like this

foreach($values as $index => $value){
        $stats=['name'=>$index,'Quantity'=>$value];
    }

I only get one value stored in the new array and not the three ones.

Array
(
    [name] => Some_name_3
    [Quantity] => 1598
)

(Some_name_1, and Some_name_2 weren't stored in the array)

How can I save all of them inside the array? What am I missing?

$stats=['name'=>$index,'Quantity'=>$value]; to $stats[]=['name'=>$index,'Quantity'=>$value]; — Matt
– Matt, Commented Mar 9, 2016 at 23:41

Stuart · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-09 23:44:06Z

1

push to the array, your syntax is incorrect.

foreach(values as $index=>$value)
{
    array_push($stats, array('name'=>$index, 'quantity'=>$value));
}

or as Matt says above, alternate syntax:

foreach(values as $index=>$value)
{
    $stats[] = array('name'=>$index, 'quantity'=>$value);
}

answered Mar 9, 2016 at 23:44

Stuart

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Eddie · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-09 23:46:50Z

1

Inside of your foreach loop you're not appending to an array - rather overwriting each time you iterate over the values array.

Append to an array rather than overwriting using the example below.

New function:

foreach($values as $index => $value){
        $stats[]=['name'=>$index,'Quantity'=>$value];
    }

answered Mar 9, 2016 at 23:46

Eddie

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