Illegal string offset 'user_id'

[I-AM-OBODO]

Hi guys, why am i getting this error: Illegal string offset 'user_id' 

but when echo $value it brings the correct output.

Thanks

	    $user_id = 5;
    $user_name = "obodo";
    $_SESSION['test'] = array('user_id' => $user_id, 'user_name' => $user_name);
	
    foreach( $_SESSION['test'] as $value )
    {
         
	         echo $value['user_id'];   //give error
        /* echo $value //works  */
      
    }
     

[Barand]

The usual advice I would give for this problem would be for you to echo $value within the loop so you can see what the variable contains.

In your case you have already done this and you will have seen the values "5" and "obodo".

As it is then blatantly obvious that $value is not an array, specifically not an array with a key of 'user_id', then it's hard to see why you even need to ask the question.

[I-AM-OBODO]

6 minutes ago, Barand said:

The usual advice I would give for this problem would be for you to echo $value within the loop so you can see what the variable contains.

In your case you have already done this and you will have seen the values "5" and "obodo".

As it is then blatantly obvious that $value is not an array, specifically not an array with a key of 'user_id', then it's hard to see why you even need to ask the question.

I dont get you? for instance now, i want value of only the user_name and instead of outputting "obodo" it gives error. and you said $value is not an array?

Edited June 4, 2019 by I-AM-OBODO

[Barand]

11 minutes ago, Barand said:

$value is not an array, specifically not an array with a key of 'user_id'

 

1 hour ago, I-AM-OBODO said:

/* echo $value //works  */

It works because it is the  correct code.

[Barand]

P.S.

If you just want the user_name

echo $_SESSION['test']['user_name'];

 

[I-AM-OBODO]

1 minute ago, Barand said:

P.S.

If you just want the user_name

echo $_SESSION['test']['user_name'];

 

yeah i know. but the problem is that i want to get all the values from a form, then list them just like a shopping cart where u find all the added items before continue shopping or checkouts. i guess its a multi-dimensional array. maybe am wrong though.

thanks

[Barand]

Try this

[I-AM-OBODO]

5 minutes ago, Barand said:

Try this

thanks

[cyberRobot]

Perhaps you've already figured this out using Barand's advice. Your use of the foreach loop only goes through the values of the array. It doesn't matter if you are using an indexed array (uses numbers for the keys) or an associative array (uses strings for the keys).

If you need to access the keys from the array, you can modify your foreach loop as follows:

foreach( $_SESSION['test'] as $key => $value )

Note that $value['user_id'] still won't work. You'll need to use $value to access the value and $key to access the key. More information, including examples, can be found here: https://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.foreach.php