将数组响应存储为 object 在数组中用于选项

Question

I would like to been appending objects to instagram value instead of overwriting them if there is a new object that isn't repeated .

So I have this piece of code:

if (is_array($api_return)) {

    $api_return += ['last_updated' => time()];
    $this->instagram->set_user_id($api_return['user_id']);
    $this->instagram->set_username($api_return['username']);
    $this->instagram->set_access_token($api_return['access_token']);
    $this->instagram->set_access_token_expiration($api_return['access_token_expiration']);
    $this->instagram->set_last_updated($api_return['last_updated']);

    // Show our authenticated message.
    $page_content .= $this->get_admin_notice_content('green',
        'auth-finished', $this->instagram->get_username());

    update_option('instagram', $api_return);
}

What this does, is it takes $api_return which is a array and groups it into an object and saves it inside the database as this:

We have option_name which is instagram and then the value is:

a:5:{s:8:"username";s:16:"saint";s:7:"user_id";i:17841404774727369;s:12:"access_token";s:141:"IGQVJVR1N*****";s:23:"access_token_expiration";i:1650688769;s:12:"last_updated";i:1645536110;}

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What I'm attempting to do:

Now I want to be able to save multiple object where the instagram key doesn't get overwritten but each new api_return gets stored as a new object if it's not the same in an array.

Here is an example:

authenticated_users = [
 {s:8:"username";s:16:"saint";s:7:"user_id";i:17841404774727369;s:12:"access_token";s:141:"IGQVJVR1N*****";s:23:"access_token_expiration";i:1650688769;s:12:"last_updated";i:1645536110;} 
 {s:8:"username";s:16:"test3";s:7:"user_id";i:17841404774727369;s:12:"access_token";s:141:"IGQVJVR1N*****";s:23:"access_token_expiration";i:1650688769;s:12:"last_updated";i:1645536110;}
];

What is the best approach on storing the option value as an array with multiple objects?

Answer 1

You have to first load the option an then manually merge the values:

$current = get_option("instagram", []);

$newData = [
  $api_return,
];

// Merge array $current and $newData into single array so 
// $api_return is appended to $current and the option is updated.
update_option("instagram", array_merge($current, $newData));