Insert multidimensional associative array into multidimensional associative PHP -

hi have following (this example of attempting have allot larger):

$array= array(); array_push($array,$var['bookshopname']); $array[$var['bookshopname']]=array('opentime'=>$var1,'closetime'=>$var2);  foreach($array $var) { print_r($var); } 

i get:

storename1 array ( [opentime] => 12 [closetime] => 17 )  storename2 array ( [opentime] => 13 [closetime] => 19 )  

so if count array there 4 elements if attempted following

foreach($array $var) { print_r($var['opentime']); } 

it breaks on first result (storename1).

i want following

 array(        storename1 => array(opentime => ...)        storename2 => array(opentime => ...)       ) 

and getting this:

 array(        [0] => storename1[storename1] => array ( [opentime ] =>....        [1] => storename2[storename2] => array ( [opentime ] =>....       ) 

i cant quite figure out why creates these 2 results names

in response oriol

when try update further down line

for example:

$array[$var['bookshopname']] =        array('opentime'=>$array[$var['bookshopname']]['opentime']+1,             'closetime'=>$array[$var['bookshopname']]['closetime']-2); 

then not update values rather replaces values trying add or subtract

just use

$array= array(); $array[$var['bookshopname']]=array('opentime'=>$var1,'closetime'=>$var2); 

your code creates entries because of

array_push($array,$var['bookshopname']); 

maybe should read http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-push.php understand better array_push does

edit:

if want modify values, try this

$array[$var['bookshopname']]['opentime'] += 1; $array[$var['bookshopname']]['closetime'] -= 2;