How can I add a condition inside a php array?

Question

Here is the array

$anArray = array(
   \"theFirstItem\" => \"a first item\",
   if(True){
     \"conditionalItem\" => \"it may appear base on the condi         


        

Answer 1

Try this if you have associative array with different keys:

$someArray = [
    "theFirstItem" => "a first item",
] + 
$condition 
    ? [
        "conditionalItem" => "it may appear base on the condition"
      ] 
    : [ /* empty array if false */
] + 
[
    "theLastItem" => "the last item",
];

or this if array not associative

$someArray = array_merge(
    [
        "a first item",
    ],
    $condition 
        ? [
            "it may appear base on the condition"
          ] 
        : [ /* empty array if false */
    ], 
    [
        "the last item",
    ]
);