Add 2 values to 1 key in a PHP array

Question

I have a result set of data that I want to write to an array in php. Here is my sample data:

**Name** **Abbrev**
Mike     M
Tom      T
Jim      J

Using that data, I want to create an array in php that is of the following:

1|Mike|M
2|Tom|T
3|Jim|j

I tried array_push($values, 'name', 'abbreviation') [pseudo code], which gave me the following:

1|Mike
2|M
3|Tom
4|T
5|Jim
6|J

I need to do a look up against this array to get the same key value, if I look up "Mike" or "M".

What is the best way to write my result set into an array as set above where name and abbreviation share the same key?

Answer 1

maybe you create a simple class for that as the abbreviation is redundant information in your case

class Person
{
    public $name;

    pulbic function __construct($name)
    {
        $this->name = (string)$name;
    }

    public function getAbbrev()
    {
        return substr($this->name, 0, 1);
    }

    public function __get($prop)
    {
        if ($prop == 'abbrev') {

            return $this->getAbbrev();
        }
    }
}


$persons = array(
    new Person('Mike'),
    new Person('Tom'),
    new Person('Jim')
);

foreach ($persons as $person) {

   echo "$person->name ($person->abbrev.)<br/>";
}

Answer 2

PHP's not my top language, but try these:

array_push($values, array("Mike", "M"))
array_push($values, array("Tom", "T"))
array_push($values, array("Jim", "J"))

$name1 = $values[1][0]
$abbrev1 = $values[1][1]

or:

array_push($values, array("name" => "Mike", "abbrev" => "M"))
array_push($values, array("name" => "Tom", "abbrev" => "T"))
array_push($values, array("name" => "Jim", "abbrev" => "J"))

$name1 = $values[1]["name"]
$abbrev1 = $values[1]["abbrev"]

The trick is to use a nested array to pair the names and abbreviations in each entry.