Keeping array reference and adding something into that

Question

In my very simple Laravel livewire component i have an array and when i try to add another data into that by clicking on a simple for example div i get fresh array with the last inserted data into that and i cant keep this array reference to append something data into that

<div wire:click="addNewSize"></div>

class SellerStoreNewProductComponent extends Component
{
    public array $productSizes=[];
    
    //...

    public function addNewSize()
    {
        /* SOLUTION ONE */
        //$this->productSizes[] = $this->productSizes + [str::random(10) => str::random(10)];

        /* SOLUTION TWO */
        //$this->productSizes[][]=array_push($this->productSizes, [str::random(10) => str::random(10)]);

        /* SOLUTION THREE */
        //array_push($this->productSizes, [str::random(10) => str::random(10)]);

        dd($this->productSizes);
    }
}

thanks in advance

Answer 1

If you're looking to add a key value pair to an existing array, you most likely want to use array_merge rather than array_push.

array_merge combines two arrays into a single array whereas array_push adds elements to an existing array.

public function addNewSize()
{
    $this->productSizes = array_merge(
        $this->productSizes, [Str::random(10) => Str::random(10)]
    );
}