Pushing a key that points to another array PHP

Question

I have tried the following:

$myArray = array();
array_push($myArray,"A"=>array("x","y"));

I get prompted with this error:

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '=>' (T_DOUBLE_ARROW)

Is the above possible to do in PHP?
Am I doing something wrong?
Is there a more conventional way of doing this?

That's invalid syntax and you can't use `array_push()` to specify a key. — AbraCadaver, Apr 25 '16 at 18:21
@AbraCadaver How could I go about adding a key pointing to another array into $myArray? without using the push function — Josh Boiskin, Apr 25 '16 at 18:22

AbraCadaver · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-25T18:31:19.067

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I've never liked array_push() and never use it. That's invalid syntax and you can't use array_push() to specify a key. To specify a key:

$myArray["A"] = array("x","y");

Which will yield:

(
    [A] => Array
        (
            [0] => x
            [1] => y
        )
)

Unless you really want an array like this:

(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [A] => Array
                (
                    [0] => x
                    [1] => y
                )
        )
)

Then you would do:

array_push($myArray, array("A" => array("x","y")));

But that's probably not what you want. I always go with $array[] or $array['key'] syntax.

edited Apr 25 '16 at 18:31

answered Apr 25 '16 at 18:22

AbraCadaver

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will that create a key 'A'? or would 'A' have to be in the array before this can be executed? – Josh Boiskin Apr 25 '16 at 18:25
Awesome! Thank you so much :) Got it working Have a lovely evening – Josh Boiskin Apr 25 '16 at 18:28

Pushing a key that points to another array PHP

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