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<?php function setKey($session_keys, $value) { $current_key = ''; $counter = 0; $prev_step = $_SESSION; try { $session_keys_array = explode(':', $session_keys); krsort($session_keys_array); $c = count($session_keys_array); $count = 0; $arr = array(); foreach ($session_keys_array as $key) { $count++; switch ($count) { case 1: $arr[$key] = $value; break; case ($count > 1 AND $count < $c): $arr[$key] = $arr; break; case $c: $_SESSION[$key] = $arr; break; } } } catch (Exception $e) { //TODO:log notice if Session[currentKey] is not an array return false; } return array_key_exists($key,$prev_step) && eval('!empty($_SESSION' . $current_key . ');'); } $_SESSION['1']['2']['3'] = 'zzzz'; setKey('1:2:3', 77); echo $_SESSION['1']['2']['3']; var_dump($_SESSION);
Output for 5.5.24 - 5.5.35, 5.6.8 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.10, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.16 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
77array(1) { [1]=> array(2) { [3]=> int(77) [2]=> array(1) { [3]=> int(77) } } }

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