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<?php $path = 'foo/bar/baz'; $root = array('foo' => array('bar' => array('baz' => 'something'))); function bla(&$root, $path, $value) { $paths = explode('/', $path); $current = &$root; foreach ($paths as $path) { if (isset($current[$path])) { $current = &$current[$path]; } else { return null; } } return $current[$value] = $value; } bla($root, $path, '123'); var_dump($root);
Output for 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
Warning: Only the first byte will be assigned to the string offset in /in/iUm08 on line 19 array(1) { ["foo"]=> array(1) { ["bar"]=> array(1) { ["baz"]=> string(124) "something 1" } } }
Output for 5.2.1 - 5.2.9, 5.2.12 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.37, 5.6.0 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.20, 7.2.6 - 7.2.33, 7.3.12 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33
array(1) { ["foo"]=> array(1) { ["bar"]=> array(1) { ["baz"]=> string(124) "something 1" } } }
Output for 5.2.10 - 5.2.11
Notice: Uninitialized string offset: 123 in /in/iUm08 on line 19 array(1) { ["foo"]=> array(1) { ["bar"]=> array(1) { ["baz"]=> string(124) "something 1" } } }
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0
array(1) { ["foo"]=> &array(1) { ["bar"]=> &array(1) { ["baz"]=> string(124) "something 1" } } }

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