Yeah, you can assign values, but you have to keep track of keys, so you'll want to use the => operator for foreach (pardon my reformatted, I feel naked without my braces): foreach ($_SESSION['arr1'] as $key1 => $arr1) { foreach ($_SESSION['arr2'] as $key2 => $arr2) { if ($arr1['id'] == $arr2['id']) { # $arr1['selected'] = true; $_SESSION['arr1'][$key1]['selected'] = true; } } } Is that what you were trying to do? -TG = = = Original message = = = Hello to all, is it possible to assign values to the array for which I do the foreach-loop? foreach ($_SESSION['arr1'] as $arr1) foreach ($_SESSION['arr2'] as $arr2) if ($arr1['id'] == $arr2['id']) $arr1['selected'] = true; I think $arr1 is only a temp-var, so the assignment won't reflect on $_SESSION['arr1'] . Is that right? Surely I can do it with a for-loop, but those arrays are a bit complex and a foreach would be much easier to read. Thanks in advance for your answers Sabine -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php ___________________________________________________________ Sent by ePrompter, the premier email notification software. Free download at http://www.ePrompter.com. -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php