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);
?>
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
array_pad — Pad array to the specified length with a value
array_pad() returns a copy of the
array padded to size specified by
size with value
value. If
size is positive then the array is
padded on the right, if it's negative then on the left. If the
absolute value of size is less than or
equal to the length of the array then no
padding takes place.
It is possible to add at most 1048576 elements at a time.
arrayInitial array of values to pad.
sizeNew size of the array.
value
Value to pad if array is less than
size.
Returns a copy of the array padded to size specified
by size with value
value. If size is
positive then the array is padded on the right, if it's negative then
on the left. If the absolute value of size is less
than or equal to the length of the array then no
padding takes place.
Example #1 array_pad() example
<?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
?>
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);
?>
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
)
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,...
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...
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.
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 )
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
Easy way to get an array contains 5 random numbers from 0 to 9:
$rand_arr = array_rand( array_pad( array(), 10, 1 ), 5 );
// insert element to array
function array_insert(&$arr, $pos, $new_el=null) {
$arraypad = array_pad($arr, count($arr)+1, 0);
for ($i=count($arr)-1; $i>=$pos; $i--) {
$arr[$i+1] = $arr[$i];
if ($i == $pos) {
$arr[$i] = $new_el;
}
}
}
$digits = array();
$digits[0] = 0;
$digits[1] = 1;
$digits[2] = 2;
$digits[3] = 3;
$digits[4] = 4;
$digits[5] = 5;
echo "was: "; var_dump($digits);
array_insert($digits, 3, 100);
echo "new: "; var_dump($digits);
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($arraypad);
?>
output:
Array ( [0] => 0 [1] => 1 [2] => 2 [3] => 3 )
Just an info about the value of "$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.