Question

I am trying to add new arrays to an existing array dynamically from a database but my loop is only adding the last row from mysql_fetch_row. I think it is actually overwriting the same array.

PHP Code

<?php
$con = require_once('./dbconnect.php');

global $con;
mysql_select_db("packages", $con);
$packages = mysql_query("SHOW TABLES FROM packages");

while($row = mysql_fetch_row($packages)){
    $node = array();

    foreach($row as $key2 => $value2){
        $node[$row[0]] = array("Item1" => "Other dynamic Info here");
    }
}

print_r($node);

mysql_close($con);
?>

The output is as follows:

Array
(
    [Pack1] => Array
        (
            [Item1] => Other dynamic Info here
        )

)

It should be outputting:

Array
(
    [Pack1] => Array
        (
            [Item1] => Other dynamic Info here
        )

)
Array
(
    [Pack2] => Array
        (
            [Item2] => Other dynamic Info here
        )

)

I have been trying to get this foreach() loop to work for about a day now…what am i doing wrong?

Answer 1

Declare

$node = array();

outside the while loop.

If indexing of the node array is irrelevant you can just use the “append” notation

foreach($row as $key2 => $value2){
    node[] = array("Item1" => "Other dynamic Info here");
}