May 21, 2013
PHP referencing nested array values
Jpmyob’s Question:
I’m having trouble returning a value out of a nested array…
the array dump looks like this
object(myObj)#1 (3) {
["thing1"]=> string(5) "abcde"
["thing2"]=> string(2) "ab"
["data"]=> array(3) {
[0]=> string(3) "370"
["id"]=> string(3) "370"
[1]=> string(26) ""
["name"]=> string(26) "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
[2]=> string(0) ""
["address"]=> string(0) ""
[3]=> string(4) "wxyz"
["email"]=> string(4) "wxyz"
}
I want to get to “name” inside the “data” array….
I’ve tried
echo $myObj['data']['name'];
also
echo $myObj -> $data -> $name;
they always come back as UNDEFINED.
Use
$myObj -> data['name'];
It sure is confusing. Let me explain.
The var_dump result you saw has two parts on them, one is object dump and another array .
object(myObj)#1 (3) { <-- Starting point of object
["thing1"]=> string(5) "abcde" <-- This is a property which has string value
["thing2"]=> string(2) "ab" <-- This is a property which has string value
"data" here is a property of
object so you have to use
$myObj -> data to access it
["data"]=> array(3) { <-- But this is an array so you have to use
data[] to access its value
[0]=> string(3) "370"
["id"]=> string(3) "370"
[1]=> string(26) ""
["name"]=> string(26) "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
[2]=> string(0) ""
["address"]=> string(0) ""
[3]=> string(4) "wxyz"
["email"]=> string(4) "wxyz"
}
