Laravel 5 Merge an array

Question

I am trying to merge an array with an input from a form of a random string of numbers

In my form I have

<input type="text" name="purchase_order_number" id="purchase_order_number" value="{{ $purchase_order_number }}" />

And in the controller:

public function store(CandidateRequest $request)
{
    $candidateInput = Input::get('candidates');
    $purchaseOrderNumber = Input::get('purchase_order_number');

    foreach ($candidateInput as $candidate)
    {

        $data = array_merge($candidate, [$purchaseOrderNumber]);

        $candidate = Candidate::create($data);

        dd($data);

When I dd($data) it’s getting my purchase_order_number but as seen below but how can I assign it to that row in the table?

array:6 [▼
  "candidate_number" => "5645"
  "givennames" => "fgfgf"
  "familyname" => "dfgfg"
  "dob" => "01/01/2015"
  "uln" => "45565445"
  0 => "5874587"
]

Many thanks,

score 21 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 25 '15 at 14:19

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I figured this out with some help but the answer is to add:

$data = array_merge($candidate, ['purchase_order_number' => $purchaseOrderNumber]);

Thanks to everyone else who tried to help :)

answered Nov 25 '15 at 14:19

0w3n86

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score 11 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 12 '20 at 12:32

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try this:

use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
$array = Arr::collapse([[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]);
// [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

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answered Oct 12 '20 at 12:32

Hossien Salamhe

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Hey! Thank you for taking the time and answering the question! Can you write more than your code and explain why it works? – Max Oct 13 '20 at 20:53

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 25 '15 at 14:20

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You could try this,

$data = array_merge($candidate, compact('purchaseOrderNumber'));

answered Nov 25 '15 at 14:20

Pantelis Peslis

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Dexter Bengil · Answer 4 · 2018-09-27T19:39:46.487

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Another way to do this (the simplest I think) is to do a union of arrays

$candidate += ['purchase_order_number' => $purchaseOrderNumber];

The + operator returns the right-hand array appended to the left-hand array; for keys that exist in both arrays, the elements from the left-hand array will be used, and the matching elements from the right-hand array will be ignored.

edited Sep 27 '18 at 19:39

answered Feb 21 '18 at 06:26

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score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Oct 09 '18 at 07:59

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 $data = array_merge(['item'=>$item->toArray()], ['chef' => $chef->toArray()]);

answered Oct 09 '18 at 07:59

Mehul Koradiya

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While this might solve the problem, it is better to provide some explanation of what you are doing. – mbuechmann Oct 09 '18 at 11:48

score 1 · Answer 6 · answered Jul 15 '20 at 19:31

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$data = $firstArray->merge($secondArray);

answered Jul 15 '20 at 19:31

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`merge` method is part of the `Illuminate\Support\Collection` class. So, to use it `$firstArray` must be a [collection](https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/collections#method-merge) – Wesley Gonçalves May 05 '22 at 21:11

score 0 · Answer 7 · edited Nov 25 '15 at 14:33

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Try this:

$data = [];

foreach ($candidateInput as $candidate)
    array_push($data,$candidate);

 array_merge($data,$purchaseOrderNumber);

 $candidate = Candidate::create($data);

 dd($data);

edited Nov 25 '15 at 14:33

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answered Nov 25 '15 at 14:17

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