array_multisort
OR you could do this
<?php
$myArr = array(2 => 'three', 3 => 'four');
$newArr = array_pad(array(), 4, 'FILLED');
$newArr =$myArr+$newArr;
?>
This gives your desired result BUT the ordering is a little wierd, because of the order they were added. Indexes are okay though and that is what you wanted.
print_r($newArr) outputs
Array ( [2] => three [3] => four [0] => FILLED [1] => FILLED )
hope this helps
array_pad
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
array_pad — 用值将数组填补到指定长度
说明
array_pad() 返回
input 的一个拷贝，并用
pad_value 将其填补到
pad_size 指定的长度。如果
pad_size 为正，则数组被填补到右侧，如果为负则从左侧开始填补。如果
pad_size 的绝对值小于或等于
input 数组的长度则没有任何填补。有可能一次最多填补
1048576 个单元。
参数
-
input -
Initial array of values to pad.
-
pad_size -
New size of the array.
-
pad_value -
Value to pad if
inputis less thanpad_size.
返回值
Returns a copy of the input padded to size specified
by pad_size with value
pad_value. If pad_size is
positive then the array is padded on the right, if it's negative then
on the left. If the absolute value of pad_size is less
than or equal to the length of the input then no
padding takes place.
范例
Example #1 array_pad() 例子
<?php
$input = array(12, 10, 9);
$result = array_pad($input, 5, 0);
// result is array(12, 10, 9, 0, 0)
$result = array_pad($input, -7, -1);
// result is array(-1, -1, -1, -1, 12, 10, 9)
$result = array_pad($input, 2, "noop");
// not padded
?>
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User Contributed Notes
array_pad - [11 notes]
mwwaygoo at hotmail dot com ¶
10 years ago
goffrie at sympatico dot ca ¶
10 years ago
To daarius - you mean you have...
[2]=>"two"
[3]=>"three"
and you want...
[0]=>"FILLED"
[1]=>"FILLED"
[2]=>"two"
[3]=>"three"
[4]=>"FILLED"
[5]=>"FILLED"
If so, then the following code...
<?php
$array = array(2 => "two", 3 => "three");
$array = array_pad($array, count($array)+2, "FILLED");
$num = -(count($array)+2);
$array = array_pad($array, $num, "FILLED");
print_r($array);
?>
will return:
Array ( [0] => FILLED [1] => FILLED [2] => two [3] => three [4] => FILLED [5] => FILLED )
The ordering should be okay,...
tugla ¶
4 years ago
Beware, if you try to pad an associative array using numeric keys, your keys will be re-numbered.
<?php
$a = array('size'=>'large', 'number'=>20, 'color'=>'red');
print_r($a);
print_r(array_pad($a, 5, 'foo'));
// use timestamps as keys
$b = array(1229600459=>'large', 1229604787=>20, 1229609459=>'red');
print_r($b);
print_r(array_pad($b, 5, 'foo'));
?>
yields this:
------------------
Array
(
[size] => large
[number] => 20
[color] => red
)
Array
(
[size] => large
[number] => 20
[color] => red
[0] => foo
[1] => foo
)
Array
(
[1229600459] => large
[1229604787] => 20
[1229609459] => red
)
Array
(
[0] => large
[1] => 20
[2] => red
[3] => foo
[4] => foo
)
mwwaygoo at hotmail dot com ¶
9 years ago
little older, a little wiser.
ksort() will order the array back into its normal order again
so:
<?php
$myArr = array(2 => 'two', 4 => 'four');
$newArr = array_pad(array(), 6, 'FILLED');
$newArr =$myArr+$newArr;
ksort($newArr);
?>
Will give :
Array ( [0] => FILLED [1] => FILLED [2] => two [3] => FILLED [4] => four [5] => FILLED )
oaev at mail dot ru ¶
8 years ago
Easy way to get an array contains 5 random numbers from 0 to 9:
$rand_arr = array_rand( array_pad( array(), 10, 1 ), 5 );
Anonymous ¶
9 years ago
One way to initialize a 20x20 multidimensional array.
<?php
$a = array();
$b = array();
$b = array_pad($b,20,0);
$a = array_pad($a,20,$b);
?>
sonu50imedbvu at gmail dot com(Sonu Jaiswal) ¶
2 years ago
Just an info about the value of "$pad_size" ,
If we set the value of "$pad_size" from -3 to 3,
It will produce the output like:
<?php
$result = array_pad($input, -3, "noop");
//result is array(12, 10, 9)
$result = array_pad($input, 3, "noop");
//result is array(12, 10, 9)
?>
means array will remain the same.
hk, StrApp Bussiness Solutions ¶
6 years ago
A simple example for array_pad()
the syntax is as follows: array_pad(array(), (+/-)int, value)
where "array" is the array to which the value is to be added,
"(+/-) int" is a value that decides the length of the array(it should be greater than the length of the array.
if its a negative number then the value will be added at the left of the array else it will be added to the right.
"values" denotes the value to be added to the array
lets try an example:
<?php
$digits = array();
$digits[0] = 1;
$digits[1] = 2;
$digits[2] = 3;
$arraypad = array_pad($digits, -4, "0");
print_r($arraypad);
?>
output:
Array ( [0] => 0 [1] => 1 [2] => 2 [3] => 3 )
scott*hurring.com ¶
10 years ago
to the previous commenter -- if you read the manual entry, you'd see that a negative pad_size will put the pad values at the front of the array.
daarius at hotmail dot com ¶
10 years ago
yes that is true. But, if the index of the array is 2=two, 3=three
and i want 4 more keys to be filled. But, not just filled anywhere, but i want to maintain the key index.
so, i would like to have 0=FILLED, 1=FILLED ... 4=FILLED, 5=FILLED
now i got 4 more keys padded with my string.
We can do this "if" we know the missing keys, but if we dont, then it would be nice for array_pad() or perhaps some new function to do this?
obviously we can achive this by looping through the array using array_key_exists(), and if you dont find the key, simply create + fill it.
regards,
Daarius...
ethanhunt314 at hotmail dot com ¶
12 years ago
This is useful when using next() and prev() function in a while loop to traverse an array.
For example the following code will only output up to 8.
<?php
$test[] = "1";
$test[] = "2";
$test[] = "3";
$test[] = "4";
$test[] = "5";
$test[] = "6";
$test[] = "7";
$test[] = "8";
$test[] = "9";
$test[] = "10";
$test[] = " ";
$test[] = " ";
$test[] = " ";
$count = count($test);
while($i < $count) {
$now = current($test);
echo "<p>$now</p>";
next($test);
next($test);
next($test);
prev($test);
prev($test);
prev($test);
$i++;
next($test);
}
?>
But if you use:
$test = array_pad($test, 13, " ");
you will get all of your output.