Question

I’m using PHP. I have an array of objects, and would like to add an object to the end of it.

$myArray[] = null; //adds an element
$myArray[count($myArray) - 1]->name = "my name"; //modifies the element I just added

The above is functional, but is there a cleaner and more-readable way to write that? Maybe one line?

Answer 1

Just do:

$object = new stdClass();
$object->name = "My name";
$myArray[] = $object;

You need to create the object first (the new line) and then push it onto the end of the array (the [] line).

You can also do this:

$myArray[] = (object) ['name' => 'My name'];

However I would argue that’s not as readable, even if it is more succinct.