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PHP Enhancing a Simple PHP Application Refactoring the Codebase Duplicating SKU as an Array Element

Jerry Schrader
Jerry Schrader
4,396 Points
Posted by Jerry Schrader
Jerry Schrader
4,396 Points

Confused about variable $product

I am confused by the foreach loop. foreach($products as $product_id => $product) What is the purpose of $product? I am completely confused in this area. Is this : $products[$product_id]["sku"] = $product_id; just altering the original $product_id to add the sku?

1 Answer

Corey Cramer
Corey Cramer
9,453 Points

The purpose of doing it this way is to get the array index so that it can be added to the array with a key of sku. In this particular case we don't care about the $value portion of the $key => $value pair.