Store array in while loop to use outside

Question

I would like to store value from while loop but not in multidimensional way :

 $movies_id = array();

 while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
          


        

Answer 1

You need to set value properly.

            $movies_id = array();

            while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
                $id = $row['id'];
                $title_id = $row['title_id'];
                    $movies_id[$id] = $title_id; // The proper way
                    //$movies_id[] = [$id => $title_id];
            }

            print_r($movies_id);

The more readable code would be:

            $movies_id = array();

            while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
                    $movies_id[$row['id']] = $row['title_id'];
            }
            print_r($movies_id);

And would result in

array (
    1 => 'Title 1',
    2 => 'Title 2',
    4 => 'Title 4',
    8 => 'Title 8',
)

And key-less soulution would be:

            $movies_id = array();

            while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
                    $movies_id[] = $row['title_id'];
            }
            print_r($movies_id);

And would result in

array (
    0 => 'Title 1',
    1 => 'Title 2',
    2 => 'Title 4',
    3 => 'Title 8',
)

Answer 2

Instead of this line

$movies_id[] = [$id => $title_id];

Use the following

$movies_id[$id] = $title_id;

Answer 3

Your code would not work in case of PHP version less than 5.4. In that case you can use the following.

        $movies_id = array();

        while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result, MYSQL_ASSOC)) {
            $id = $row['id'];
            $title_id = $row['title_id'];
            $movies_id[] = array($id => $title_id);
        }

        print_r($movies_id);

Answer 4

I may have misunderstood what you're aiming for, but this might do it:

replace

$movies_id[] = [$id => $title_id];

with

 $movies_id[$id] = $title_id;