php：如何按键更新关联数组中的值

Question

I'm having a hard time trying to update the values in my array. I made a simple example to illustrate this: the array contains names of players and the amount of points they have. After each round I want to update their points like this:

(which is not working)

 $players = array (
   array (
   "id"        => 0, 
   "name"      => "John",
   "points"    => 0
   ),

   array (
   "id"        => 1, 
   "name"      => "Chris",
   "points"    => 0
   ),

   array (
   "id"        => 2, 
   "name"      => "Peter",
   "points"    => 0
   ),

   array (
   "id"        => 3, 
   "name"      => "Greg",
   "points"    => 0
   ),

 );


 $points0 = 10;
 $points1 = 20;
 $points2 = 30;
 $points3 = 40;


 $i = 0;
 foreach ($players as $player) {
        if ($player["id"] == $i) { 
         $player["points"] = ${"points".$i}; 
     }    $i++;
 }

 var_dump($players);

Must be something stupid, but I've been trying for hours and I just can't find it.

Thanks for the help!

Answer 1

You need to add a reference to $player:

$players = array (
  array (
   "id"        => 0,
   "name"      => "John",
   "points"    => 0
   ),

   array (
   "id"        => 1,
   "name"      => "Chris",
   "points"    => 0
   ),

   array (
   "id"        => 2,
   "name"      => "Peter",
   "points"    => 0
   ),

   array (
   "id"        => 3,
   "name"      => "Greg",
   "points"    => 0
   ),

);


$points0 = 10;
$points1 = 20;
$points2 = 30;
$points3 = 40;


$i = 0;
foreach ($players as &$player) {
  if ($player["id"] == $i) {
    $player["points"] = ${"points".$i};
  }
  $i++;
}

The crucial part is the ampersand & in the foreach statement. Without it you are not recording any changes to the array.