Add 2 values to 1 key in a PHP array

Question

I have a result set of data that I want to write to an array in php. Here is my sample data:

**Name** **Abbrev**
Mike     M
Tom      T
Jim      J

Answer 1

maybe you create a simple class for that as the abbreviation is redundant information in your case

class Person
{
    public $name;

    pulbic function __construct($name)
    {
        $this->name = (string)$name;
    }

    public function getAbbrev()
    {
        return substr($this->name, 0, 1);
    }

    public function __get($prop)
    {
        if ($prop == 'abbrev') {

            return $this->getAbbrev();
        }
    }
}


$persons = array(
    new Person('Mike'),
    new Person('Tom'),
    new Person('Jim')
);

foreach ($persons as $person) {

   echo "$person->name ($person->abbrev.)
";
}