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array_pad

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array_padComplète un tableau avec une valeur jusqu'à la longueur spécifiée

Description

array_pad(array $array, int $length, mixed $value): array

array_pad() retourne une copie du tableau array complétée jusqu'à la taille de length avec la valeur value. Si length est positif, alors le tableau est complété à droite, s'il est négatif, il est complété à gauche. Si la valeur absolue de length est plus petite que la taille du tableau array, alors le tableau n'est pas complété.

Liste de paramètres

array

Tableau initial de valeurs à compléter.

length

Nouvelle taille du tableau.

value

Valeur à insérer si l'argument array est plus petit que l'argument length.

Valeurs de retour

Retourne une copie du tableau array complétée jusqu'à la taille de length avec la valeur value. Si length est positif, alors le tableau est complété à droite, s'il est négatif, il est complété à gauche. Si la valeur absolue de length est plus petite que la taille du tableau array, alors le tableau n'est pas complété.

Historique

Version Description
8.3.0 Avant la version 8.3, seuls 1048576 éléments pouvaient être ajoutés en une seule fois. Maintenant, cela est limité uniquement par la taille maximale d'un tableau.

Exemples

Exemple #1 Exemple avec array_pad()

<?php
$input
= array(12, 10, 9);

$result = array_pad($input, 5, 0);
// Le résultat est : array(12, 10, 9, 0, 0)

$result = array_pad($input, -7, -1);
// Le résultat est : array(-1, -1, -1, -1, 12, 10, 9)

$result = array_pad($input, 2, "noop");
// pas complété
?>

Voir aussi

  • array_fill() - Remplit un tableau avec une même valeur
  • range() - Crée un tableau contenant un intervalle d'éléments

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User Contributed Notes 8 notes

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tugla
15 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
)
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goffrie at sympatico dot ca
21 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,...
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7
scott*hurring.com
22 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.
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mwwaygoo at hotmail dot com
20 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 )
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Anonymous
20 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);
?>
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hk, StrApp Bussiness Solutions
17 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 )
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daarius at hotmail dot com
22 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...
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mwwaygoo at hotmail dot com
22 years ago
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
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