<?php
$a = array("1");
var_dump(array_fill_keys($a, "test"));
?>
array(1) {
[1]=>
string(4) "test"
}
now string key "1" become an integer value 1, be careful.
(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7)
array_fill_keys — Fill an array with values, specifying keys
Fills an array with the
value of the value parameter, using the
values of the keys array as keys.
keysArray of values that will be used as keys. Illegal values for key will be converted to string.
valueValue to use for filling
Returns the filled array
Example #1 array_fill_keys() example
<?php
$keys = array('foo', 5, 10, 'bar');
$a = array_fill_keys($keys, 'banana');
print_r($a);
?>
The above example will output:
Array
(
[foo] => banana
[5] => banana
[10] => banana
[bar] => banana
)
<?php
$a = array("1");
var_dump(array_fill_keys($a, "test"));
?>
array(1) {
[1]=>
string(4) "test"
}
now string key "1" become an integer value 1, be careful.
If an associative array is used as the second parameter of array_fill_keys, then the associative array will be appended in all the values of the first array.
e.g.
<?php
$array1 = array(
"a" => "first",
"b" => "second",
"c" => "something",
"red"
);
$array2 = array(
"a" => "first",
"b" => "something",
"letsc"
);
print_r(array_fill_keys($array1, $array2));
?>
The output will be
Array(
[first] => Array(
[a] => first,
[b] => something,
[0] => letsc
),
[second] => Array(
[a] => first,
[b] => something,
[0] => letsc
),
[something] => Array(
[a] => first,
[b] => something,
[0] => letsc
),
[red] => Array(
[a] => first,
[b] => something,
[0] => letsc
)
)
Some of the versions do not have this function.
I try to write it myself.
You may refer to my script below
function array_fill_keys($array, $values) {
if(is_array($array)) {
foreach($array as $key => $value) {
$arraydisplay[$array[$key]] = $values;
}
}
return $arraydisplay;
}
This function does the same as:
<?php
$array = array_combine($keys,array_fill(0,count($keys),$value));
?>
To remove arbitrary keys from an associative array:
<?php
function nuke_keys($keys, $array) {
return array_diff_key($array, array_fill_keys($keys, 0));
}
$array = array('blue' => 1, 'red' => 2, 'green' => 3, 'purple' => 4);
$keys = array('red', 'purple');
print_r(nuke_keys($keys, $array));
?>
The above snippet will return:
Array
(
[blue] => 1
[green] => 3
)
Scratchy's version still doesn't work like the definition describes. Here's one that can take a mixed variable as the second parameter, defaulting to an empty string if it's not specified. Don't know if this is exactly how the function works in later versions but it's at least a lot closer.
function array_fill_keys($target, $value = '') {
if(is_array($target)) {
foreach($target as $key => $val) {
$filledArray[$val] = is_array($value) ? $value[$key] : $value;
}
}
return $filledArray;
}
This works for either strings or numerics, so if we have
$arr1 = array(0 => 'abc', 1 => 'def');
$arr2 = array(0 => 452, 1 => 128);
$arr3 = array(0 => 'foo', 1 => 'bar');
then
array_fill_keys($arr1,$arr2)
returns: [abc] => 452, [def] => 128
array_fill_keys($arr1,0)
returns: [abc] => 0, [def] => 0
array_fill_keys($arr2,$arr3)
returns: [452] => foo, [128] => bar
array_fill_keys($arr3,'BLAH')
returns: [foo] => BLAH, [bar] => BLAH
and array_fill_keys($arr1)
returns: [abc] =>, [def] =>
RE: bananasims at hotmail dot com
I also needed a work around to not having a new version of PHP and wanting my own keys. bananasims code doesn't like having an array as the second parameter...
Here's a slightly modified version than can handle 2 arrays as inputs:
//we want these values to be keys
$arr1 = (0 => "abc", 1 => "def");
/we want these values to be values
$arr2 = (0 => 452, 1 => 128);
function array_fill_keys($keyArray, $valueArray) {
if(is_array($keyArray)) {
foreach($keyArray as $key => $value) {
$filledArray[$value] = $valueArray[$key];
}
}
return $filledArray;
}
array_fill_keys($arr1, $arr2);
returns:
abc => 452, def =>128
$keys = array(1, 2, 3);
// Fill it with value.
$keys = array_fill_keys($keys, 'banana');
print_r($keys);
// Fill it different value.
$apples = array_fill_keys(array_keys($keys), 'apple');
print_r($apples);
// Output:
Array (
[1] => banana
[2] => banana
[3] => banana
)
Array (
[1] => apple
[2] => apple
[3] => apple
)