(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7)
array_fill — Fill an array with values
Fills an array with
num entries of the value of the
value parameter, keys starting at the
start_index parameter.
start_indexThe first index of the returned array.
If start_index is negative,
the first index of the returned array will be
start_index and the following
indices will start from zero
(see example).
numNumber of elements to insert. Must be greater than or equal to zero.
valueValue to use for filling
Returns the filled array
Throws a E_WARNING if num is
less than zero.
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 5.6.0 |
num may now be zero. Previously,
num was required to be greater than zero.
|
Example #1 array_fill() example
<?php
$a = array_fill(5, 6, 'banana');
$b = array_fill(-2, 4, 'pear');
print_r($a);
print_r($b);
?>
The above example will output:
Array
(
[5] => banana
[6] => banana
[7] => banana
[8] => banana
[9] => banana
[10] => banana
)
Array
(
[-2] => pear
[0] => pear
[1] => pear
[2] => pear
)
See also the Arrays section of manual for a detailed explanation of negative keys.
This is what I recently did to quickly create a two dimensional array (10x10), initialized to 0:
<?php
$a = array_fill(0, 10, array_fill(0, 10, 0));
?>
This should work for as many dimensions as you want, each time passing to array_fill() (as the 3rd argument) another array_fill() function.
If you need negative indices:
<?php
$b = array_fill(-2, 4, 'pear');//this is not what we want
$c = array_fill_keys(range(-2,1),'pear');//these are negative indices
print_r($b);
print_r($c);
?>
Here is result of the code above:
Array
(
[-2] => pear
[0] => pear
[1] => pear
[2] => pear
)
Array
(
[-2] => pear
[-1] => pear
[0] => pear
[1] => pear
)
Using objects with array_fill may cause unexpected results. Consider the following:
<?php
class Foo {
public $bar = "banana";
}
//fill an array with objects
$array = array_fill(0, 2, new Foo());
var_dump($array);
/*
array(2) {
[0]=>
object(Foo)#1 (1) {
["bar"]=>
string(6) "banana"
}
[1]=>
object(Foo)#1 (1) {
["bar"]=>
string(6) "banana"
}
} */
//now we change the attribute of the object stored in index 0
//this actually changes the attribute for EACH object in the ENTIRE array
$array[0]->bar = "apple";
var_dump($array);
/*
array(2) {
[0]=>
object(Foo)#1 (1) {
["bar"]=>
string(5) "apple"
}
[1]=>
object(Foo)#1 (1) {
["bar"]=>
string(5) "apple"
}
}
*/
?>
Objects are filled in the array BY REFERENCE. They are not copied for each element in the array.
I made this function named "array_getMax" that returns te maximum value and index, from array:
<?php
//using array_search_all by helenadeus at gmail dot com
function array_search_all($needle, $haystack)
{#array_search_match($needle, $haystack) returns all the keys of the values that match $needle in $haystack
foreach ($haystack as $k=>$v) {
if($haystack[$k]==$needle){
$array[] = $k;
}
}
return ($array);
}
function array_getMax($array){
$conteo=array_count_values($array);
if( count($conteo)==1 ){//returns full array when all values are the same.
return $array;
}
arsort($array);
//$antValue=null;
$maxValue=null;
$keyValue=null;
foreach($array as $key=>$value){
if($maxValue==null){
$maxValue=$value;
$keyValue=$key;
break;
}
}
$resultSearch=array_search_all($maxValue, $array);
return array_fill_keys($resultSearch, $maxValue);
}
//example
$arreglo=array('e1'=>99,'e2'=>'99','e3'=>1,'e4'=>1,'e5'=>98);
var_dump(array_getMax($arreglo));
//output
/*
array(2) {
["e1"]=>
int(99)
["e2"]=>
int(99)
}
*/
?>
I hope some one find this usefull
array_fill() cannot be used to setup only missing keys in an array. This may be necessary for example before using implode() on a sparse filled array.
The solution is to use this function:
<?php
function array_setkeys(&$array, $fill = NULL) {
$indexmax = -1;
for (end($array); $key = key($array); prev($array)) {
if ($key > $indexmax)
$indexmax = $key;
}
for ($i = 0; $i <= $indexmax; $i++) {
if (!isset($array[$i]))
$array[$i] = $fill;
}
ksort($array);
}
?>
This is usefull in some situations where you don't know which key index was filled and you want to preserve the association between a positioned field in an imploded array and the key index when exploding it.
