Question

If I do the following:

foreach ($extrasServices as $extras)
{
  var_dump($extras);
}

I got this:

object(stdClass)#15 (3) {
  ["id"]=>
  string(1) "1"
  ["optionname"]=>
  string(16) "Disk Space"
  ["optiontype"]=>
  string(1) "4"
}

object(stdClass)#18 (3) {
  ["id"]=>
  string(1) "3"
  ["optionname"]=>
  string(22) "Database (MySQL)"
  ["optiontype"]=>
  string(1) "4"
}

object(stdClass)#19 (3) {
  ["id"]=>
  string(1) "4"
  ["optionname"]=>
  string(14) "Extra Domain"
  ["optiontype"]=>
  string(1) "4"
}

On each of those object(stdClass) extras, I need to add an additional associative key, inside that associative key we should be able to store another array.

How can we accomplish something like this?

Thanks a lot

Answer 1

You should really treat the array of objects that you’re iterating over as what they are – objects – and use any setter method you have. (Or just set the property.)

As such:

foreach ($extrasServices as &$extras) {
    // If you've a custom setter.
    $extras->setterMethod('key', 'new value');

    // If you don't.
    $extras->key = 'new value';
}

However, you’ll also need to ensure that you’re accessing the objects via reference (otherwise they won’t change outside of the foreach iterator). Hence the &$extras in the foreach statement in the above example.