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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);

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