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PHP Integrating PHP with Databases Using Relational Tables Fetching Many Relationships

alastair cooper
alastair cooper
30,617 Points
Posted by alastair cooper
alastair cooper
30,617 Points

How to add an item to an array

I am struggling to add an item to an array (at least I think that is what the question is asking). I have this so far, but I am unsure how to do it. Please can anyone explain what I am doing wrong.

while ($row = $results->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
    $item[$row["genres"]][] = [genre_id=>genre];
}
index.php 
<?php

include "helper.php";

/*
 * helper contains the following variables:
 * $item is an array that contains details about the library item
 * $results is a PDOstatement object with our genre results.
 */
while ($row = $results->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
    $item[$row["genres"]][] = [genre_id=>genre];
}

1 Answer

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

You've got $row in the wrong place:

while($row = $results->fetch(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC)) {
    $item["genres"][] = $row["genre_id"] = $row["genre"];
}