rasmuscnielsen/dotarray

DotArray

Handle data-arrays and key/value pairs in a fluent way by enabling dot-notation., _(*1)

Installation

Available through PHP composer, _(*2)

composer require rasmuscnielsen/dotarray

Examples

Instantiate DotArray on a source, _(*3)

$source = array();
$dotArray = DotArray::tap($source);

Now start interacting with your source through DotArray, _(*4)

$cars = $dotArray->open('garage.cars');

$cars->put('mercedes', [
  'model' => 'S-class', 
  'origin' => 'Germany',
  'wheelsize' => '22 inches'
]);
$cars->add('mercedes', [
    'color' => 'blue'
]);

// you could even...
$dotArray->put('garage.cars.mercedes.color', 'blueish');

// or to delete
$cars->open('mercedes')->delete('origin');

Finally you can read out the values in a variety of ways, _(*5)

echo $dotArray->get('garage.cars.mercedes.model'); // S-class
echo $dotArray->get('garage.cars.merecedes.origin'); // NULL
echo $dotArray->get('garage.cars.mercedes.maxspeed', '250km/t'); // 250km/t

// or search out your object
$mercedes = $dotArray->open('garage.cars.mercedes');
echo $dotArray->wheelsize; // 22-inches

// of course you have the whole thing in your souce 
print_r($source); 

// [
//  'garage' => [
//      'cars' => [
//          'merecedes' => [
//              'model' => 'S-class',
//              etc...
//]