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    array_splice

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    array_splice — Efface et remplace une portion de tableau

    Description

    array_splice(
        array &$array,
        int $offset,
        ?int $length = null,
        mixed $replacement = []
    ): array

    array_splice() supprime les éléments désignés par offset et length du tableau array et les remplacent par les éléments du tableau replacement, si ce dernier est fourni.

    Note:

    Les clés numériques dans array ne sont pas préservées.

    Note: Si replacement n'est pas un tableau, il en deviendra un par transtypage (i.e. (array) $replacement). Cela peut produire des résultats inattendus lors de l'utilisation d'un objet ou null comme paramètre replacement.

    Liste de paramètres

    array

    Le tableau d'entrée.

    offset

    Si offset est positif, le début de la section à supprimer sera à cette position en partant du début du tableau array.

    Si offset est négatif, le début de la section à supprimer sera à cette position en partant de la fin du tableau array.

    length

    Si length est omis, tous les éléments du tableau depuis la position offset jusqu'à la fin du tableau seront supprimés.

    Si length est fourni et positif, alors autant d'éléments seront supprimés.

    Si length est fourni et négatif, alors autant d'éléments seront supprimés de la fin du tableau.

    Si length est fourni et vaut zéro, alors aucun élément sera supprimé.

    Astuce

    Pour tout supprimer depuis la position offset jusqu'à la fin du tableau lorsque replacement est aussi fourni, utiliser count($input) pour length.

    replacement

    Si le tableau replacement est fourni, alors les éléments supprimés sont remplacés par les éléments de ce tableau.

    Si l'offset et length sont tels que rien est supprimé, alors les éléments du tableau replacement sont insérés à la position offset.

    Note:

    Les clés du tableau replacement ne sont pas préservées.

    Si replacement est seulement un élément il n'est pas nécessaire d'entourer l'élément avec array() ou des crochets, à moins que l'élément ne soit lui-même un tableau, un objet ou null.

    Valeurs de retour

    Retourne un tableau contenant les éléments extrait.

    Historique

    Version Description
    8.0.0 length est désormais nullable.

    Exemples

    Exemple #1 Exemples avec array_splice()

    <?php
    $input     = array("red", "green", "blue", "yellow");
    array_splice($input, 2);
    var_dump($input);

    $input = array("red", "green", "blue", "yellow");
    array_splice($input, 1, -1);
    var_dump($input);

    $input = array("red", "green", "blue", "yellow");
    array_splice($input, 1, count($input), "orange");
    var_dump($input);

    $input = array("red", "green", "blue", "yellow");
    array_splice($input, -1, 1, array("black", "maroon"));
    var_dump($input);
    ?>

    L'exemple ci-dessus va afficher :

    array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(3) "red"
  [1]=>
  string(5) "green"
}
array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(3) "red"
  [1]=>
  string(6) "yellow"
}
array(2) {
  [0]=>
  string(3) "red"
  [1]=>
  string(6) "orange"
}
array(5) {
  [0]=>
  string(3) "red"
  [1]=>
  string(5) "green"
  [2]=>
  string(4) "blue"
  [3]=>
  string(5) "black"
  [4]=>
  string(6) "maroon"
}

    Exemple #2 Déclaration équivalentes à des exemples de array_splice() divers

    Les déclarations suivantes sont équivalentes :

    <?php

    // ajouter deux éléments à $input
    array_push($input, $x, $y);
    array_splice($input, count($input), 0, array($x, $y));

    // supprimer le dernier élément à $input
    array_pop($input);
    array_splice($input, -1);

    // supprimer le premier élément à $input
    array_shift($input);
    array_splice($input, 0, 1);

    //insérer deux éléments au début de $input
    array_unshift($input, $x, $y);
    array_splice($input, 0, 0, array($x, $y));

    // remplace la valeur dans $input à l'index $x
    $input[$x] = $y; // pour les tableaux dont les clés sont égales à l'offset
    array_splice($input, $x, 1, $y);

    ?>

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    User Contributed Notes 38 notes

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    mrsohailkhan at gmail dot com
    13 years ago
    array_splice, split an array into 2 arrays. The returned arrays is the 2nd argument actually and the used array e.g $input here contains the 1st argument of array, e.g

    <?php
    $input     = array("red", "green", "blue", "yellow");
    print_r(array_splice($input, 3)); // Array ( [0] => yellow )
    print_r($input); //Array ( [0] => red [1] => green [2] => blue )
    ?>

    if you want to replace any array value do simple like that,

    first search the array index you want to replace

    <?php $index = array_search('green', $input);// index = 1 ?>

    and then use it as according to the definition

    <?php
    array_splice    ($input, $index, 1, array('mygreeen')); //Array ( [0] => red [1] => mygreeen [2] => blue [3] => yellow )
    ?>

    so here green is replaced by mygreen.

    here 1 in array_splice above represent the number of items to be replaced. so here start at index '1' and replaced only one item which is 'green'
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    royanee at yahoo dot com
    11 years ago
    When trying to splice an associative array into another, array_splice is missing two key ingredients:
    - a string key for identifying the offset
    - the ability to preserve keys in the replacement array

    This is primarily useful when you want to replace an item in an array with another item, but want to maintain the ordering of the array without rebuilding the array one entry at a time.

    <?php
    function array_splice_assoc(&$input, $offset, $length, $replacement) {
    $replacement = (array) $replacement;
    $key_indices = array_flip(array_keys($input));
    if (isset(    $input[$offset]) && is_string($offset)) {
    $offset = $key_indices[$offset];
    }
    if (isset(    $input[$length]) && is_string($length)) {
    $length = $key_indices[$length] - $offset;
    }

    $input = array_slice($input, 0, $offset, TRUE)
    +     $replacement
    + array_slice($input, $offset + $length, NULL, TRUE);
    }

    $fruit = array(
    'orange' => 'orange',
    'lemon' => 'yellow',
    'lime' => 'green',
    'grape' => 'purple',
    'cherry' => 'red',
    );

    // Replace lemon and lime with apple
    array_splice_assoc($fruit, 'lemon', 'grape', array('apple' => 'red'));

    // Replace cherry with strawberry
    array_splice_assoc($fruit, 'cherry', 1, array('strawberry' => 'red'));
    ?>

    Note: I have not tested this with negative offsets and lengths.
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    StanE
    9 years ago
    array_splice() does not preserve numeric keys. The function posted by "weikard at gmx dot de" won't do that either because array_merge() does not preserve numeric keys either.

    Use following function instead:

    <?php
    function arrayInsert($array, $position, $insertArray)
    {
    $ret = [];

    if (    $position == count($array)) {
    $ret = $array + $insertArray;
    }
    else {
    $i = 0;
    foreach (    $array as $key => $value) {
    if (    $position == $i++) {
    $ret += $insertArray;
    }

    $ret[$key] = $value;
    }
    }

    return     $ret;
    }
    ?>

    Example:
    <?php
    $a     = [
    295 => "Hello",
    58 => "world",
    ];

    $a = arrayInsert($a, 1, [123 => "little"]);

    /*
    Output:
    Array
    (
    [295] => Hello
    [123] => little
    [58] => world
    )
    */
    ?>

    It preserves numeric keys. Note that the function does not use a reference to the original array but returns a new array (I see absolutely no reason how the performance would be increased by using a reference when modifying an array through PHP script code).
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    daniele centamore
    15 years ago
    just useful functions to move an element using array_splice.

    <?php

    // info at danielecentamore dot com

    // $input (Array) - the array containing the element
    // $index (int) - the index of the element you need to move

    function moveUp($input,$index) {
    $new_array = $input;

    if((    count($new_array)>$index) && ($index>0)){
    array_splice($new_array, $index-1, 0, $input[$index]);
    array_splice($new_array, $index+1, 1);
    }

    return     $new_array;
    }

    function     moveDown($input,$index) {
    $new_array = $input;

    if(    count($new_array)>$index) {
    array_splice($new_array, $index+2, 0, $input[$index]);
    array_splice($new_array, $index, 1);
    }

    return     $new_array;
    }

    $input = array("red", "green", "blue", "yellow");

    $newinput = moveUp($input, 2);
    // $newinput is array("red", "blue", "green", "yellow")

    $input = moveDown($newinput, 1);
    // $input is array("red", "green", "blue", "yellow")

    ?>
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    charette dot s at gmail
    14 years ago
    If you want to append null values wrap them in an array:

    <?php

    $a     = array('Hey', 'hey', 'my', 'my');
    array_splice($a, 1, 0, null);
    print_r($a);

    ?>
    Array
    (
    [0] => Hey
    [1] => hey
    [2] => my
    [3] => my
    )

    <?php

    $b     = array('Hey', 'hey', 'my', 'my');
    array_splice($b, 1, 0, array(null));
    print_r($b);

    ?>
    Array
    (
    [0] => Hey
    [1] =>
    [2] => hey
    [3] => my
    [4] => my
    )
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    gideon at i6developments dot com
    20 years ago
    array_splice dynamically updates the total number of entries into the array. So for instance I had a case where I needed to insert a value into every 4th entry of the array from the back. The problem was when it added the first, because the total number was dynamically updated, it would only add after the 3rd then the 2nd and so one. The solution I found is to track the number of inserts which were done and account for them dynamically.

    Code:
    <?php
    $modarray     = array_reverse($mili);
    $trig=1;
    foreach(    $modarray as $rubber => $glue) {
    if(    $rubber!="<BR>") {
    $i++;
    $b++;
    if (    $i==4) {
    $trig++;
    if(    $trig<=2) {
    array_splice($modarray,$b,0,"<BR>");
    }elseif(    $trig>=3){
    array_splice($modarray,$b+($trig-2),0,"<BR>");
    }
    $i=0;
    };
    };
    };
    $fixarray = array_reverse($modarray);

    ?>
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    weikard at gmx dot de
    19 years ago
    You cannot insert with array_splice an array with your own key. array_splice will always insert it with the key "0".

    <?php
    // [DATA]
    $test_array = array (
    row1 => array (col1 => 'foobar!', col2 => 'foobar!'),
    row2 => array (col1 => 'foobar!', col2 => 'foobar!'),
    row3 => array (col1 => 'foobar!', col2 => 'foobar!')
    );

    // [ACTION]
    array_splice ($test_array, 2, 0, array ('rowX' => array ('colX' => 'foobar2')));
    echo     '<pre>'; print_r ($test_array); echo '</pre>';
    ?>

    [RESULT]

    Array (
    [row1] => Array (
    [col1] => foobar!
    [col2] => foobar!
    )

    [row2] => Array (
    [col1] => foobar!
    [col2] => foobar!
    )

    [0] => Array (
    [colX] => foobar2
    )

    [row3] => Array (
    [col1] => foobar!
    [col2] => foobar!
    )
    )

    But you can use the following function:

    function array_insert (&$array, $position, $insert_array) {
    $first_array = array_splice ($array, 0, $position);
    $array = array_merge ($first_array, $insert_array, $array);
    }

    <?php
    // [ACTION]

    array_insert ($test_array, 2, array ('rowX' => array ('colX' => 'foobar2')));
    echo     '<pre>'; print_r ($test_array); echo '</pre>';
    ?>

    [RESULT]

    Array (
    [row1] => Array (
    [col1] => foobar!
    [col2] => foobar!
    )

    [row2] => Array (
    [col1] => foobar!
    [col2] => foobar!
    )

    [rowX] => Array (
    [colX] => foobar2
    )

    [row3] => Array (
    [col1] => foobar!
    [col2] => foobar!
    )
    )

    [NOTE]

    The position "0" will insert the array in the first position (like array_shift). If you try a position higher than the langth of the array, you add it to the array like the function array_push.
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    plintus at smtp dot ru
    21 years ago
    key-safe:

    <?php
    function array_kslice ($array, $offset, $length = 0) {
    $k = array_slice (array_keys ($array), $offset, $length);
    $v = array_slice (array_values ($array), $offset, $length);
    for (    $i = 0; $i < count ($k); $i ++) $r[$k[$i]] = $v[$i];
    return     $r;
    }
    ?>

    smth like this. hope you like it more than versions above :)
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    gilberg_vrn
    8 years ago
    array_splice with preserve keys

    <?php
    function array_splice_preserve_keys(&$array, $from, $length = null) {
    $result = array_slice($array, $from, $length, true);
    $array = array_slice($array, $from + $length, null, true);

    return     $result;
    }
    ?>

    Example:

    <?php
    $array     = [
    1 => 'a',
    2 => 'b',
    26 => 'z'
    ];

    var_dump(array_splice_preserve_keys($array, 0, 1), $array);
    /**
    * array(1) {
    * [1]=>
    * string(1) "a"
    * }
    * array(2) {
    * [2]=>
    * string(1) "b"
    * [26]=>
    * string(1) "z"
    * }
    */
    ?>
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    guillaume dot lacourt at gmail dot com
    9 years ago
    Using array_splice when you traverse array with internal pointer's function reset the array, eg:

    <?php
    end    ($arrOfData);
    $last = key($arrOfData);
    reset($arrOfData);
    while ((    $data = current($arrOfData))) {
    if (    $last === key($arrOfData)) {
    array_splice($arrOfData, $last, 1);
    // current($arrOfData) => first value of $arrOfData
    }
    }
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    csaba at alum dot mit dot edu
    19 years ago
    Appending arrays
    If you have an array $a2 whose values you would like to append to an array $a1 then four methods you could use are listed below in order of increasing time. The last two methods took significantly more time than the first two. The most surprising lesson is that using the & incurs a time hit.

    <?php
    foreach ($a2 as $elem) $a1[]=$elem;
    foreach (    $a2 as &$elem) $a1[]=$elem;
    array_splice ($a1, count($a1), 0, $a2);
    $a1 = array_merge($a1, $a2);
    ?>

    Csaba Gabor from Vienna
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    thom
    10 years ago
    Maybe it will help someone else: I was trying to strip off the last part of an array using this section, more or less as follows:

    <?php array_splice($array, $offset); ?>

    Now it could occur in my code that <?php $offset === 0 ?>, in which case the array is returned as-is and not, as you might expect, an empty array because everything is stripped off. Obviously it is not really useful anyway to "strip off everything", but I was reminded of that the hard way and this may spare someone some time, hopefully.
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    kbrown at horizon dot sk dot ca
    21 years ago
    [ Editor's Note: If you're not concerned with the indexes being contiguously numbered (such as for an associative array) then unset($ar[$ind]); will accomplish the same as the code below without requiring splice/splice/merge. If contiguous numbering IS a concern (such as for indexed arrays), you can still save time by using: unset($ar[$ind]); $ar = array_values($ar); ]

    Removing elements from arrays

    This works better - much quicker

    <?php
    $ar     = array("einstein", "bert", "colin", "descartes", "renoir");
    $a = array_slice($ar, 0, $ind);
    $b = array_slice($ar, $ind + 1);
    $ar = array_merge($a, $b);
    ?>
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    news_yodpeirs at thoftware dot de
    14 years ago
    Splicing with NULL as replacement may result in unexpected behavior too. Typecasting NULL into an array results in an empty array (as "(array)NULL" equals "array()"). That means, instead of creating an element with value NULL just no new element ist created (just as if there was no replacement specified).

    If you want the splicing to create a new element with value NULL you have to use "array(NULL)" instead of NULL.

    You should expect this if you read the explanation carefully, but just as objects are considered as a special case for replacement, NULL should be too.

    The explanation of replacement better should read: "If replacement is just one element it is not necessary to put array() around it, unless the element is an array itself, an object or NULL."

    And the note better should be: "If replacement is not an array, it will be typecast to one (i.e. (array) $parameter). This may result in unexpected behavior when using an object or NULL replacement."

    jmtc
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    jrhardytwothousandtwo at yahoo dot com
    22 years ago
    A reference is made to INSERT'ing into an array here with array_splice, however its not explained very well. I hope this example will help others find what took me days to research.

    <?php
    $original_array     = array(1,2,3,4,5);
    $insert_into_key_position = 3;
    $item_to_insert = "blue";

    $returned = array_splice($original_array, $insert_into_key_position, 0, $item_to_insert);

    // $original_array will now show:

    // 1,2,3,blue,4,5
    ?>

    Remember that you are telling the array to insert the element into the KEY position. Thus the elements start with key 0 and so on 0=>1, 1=>2, 2=>3, 3=>blue, 4=>4, 5=>5. And walla, you've inserted. I can't say if this is of any value for named keys, or multidimensional arrays. However it does work for single dimensional arrays.

    $returned should be an empty array as nothing was returned. This would have substance if you were doing a replace instead.
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    pauljamescampbell at gmail dot com
    16 years ago
    Here's my own take on an array slice method that preserves keys from an associative array.

    <?php
    /**
    * Array slice function that preserves associative keys
    *
    * @function associativeArraySlice
    *
    * @param Array $array Array to slice
    * @param Integer $start
    * @param Integer $end
    *
    * @return Array
    */
    function associativeArraySlice($array, $start, $end) {
    // Method param restrictions
    if($start < 0) $start = 0;
    if(    $end > count($array)) $end = count($array);

    // Process vars
    $new = Array();
    $i = 0;

    // Loop
    foreach($array as $key => $value) {
    if(    $i >= $start && $i < $end) {
    $new[$key] = $value;
    }
    $i++;
    }
    return(    $new);
    }
    ?>
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    randomdestination at gmail dot com
    19 years ago
    To split an associative array based on it's keys, use this function:

    <?php
    function &array_split(&$in) {
    $keys = func_get_args();
    array_shift($keys);

    $out = array();
    foreach(    $keys as $key) {
    if(isset(    $in[$key]))
    $out[$key] = $in[$key];
    else
    $out[$key] = null;
    unset(    $in[$key]);
    }

    return     $out;
    }
    ?>

    Example:
    <?php
    $testin     = array('a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3, 'd' => 4);
    $testout =& array_split($testin, 'a', 'b', 'c');

    print_r($testin);
    print_r($testout);
    ?>

    Will print:

    Array
    (
    [d] => 4
    )
    Array
    (
    [a] => 1
    [b] => 2
    [c] => 3
    )

    Hope this helps anyone!
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    ahigerd at stratitec dot com
    17 years ago
    A comment on array_merge mentioned that array_splice is faster than array_merge for inserting values. This may be the case, but if your goal is instead to reindex a numeric array, array_values() is the function of choice. Performing the following functions in a 100,000-iteration loop gave me the following times: ($b is a 3-element array)

    array_splice($b, count($b)) => 0.410652
    $b = array_splice($b, 0) => 0.272513
    array_splice($b, 3) => 0.26529
    $b = array_merge($b) => 0.233582
    $b = array_values($b) => 0.151298
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    mip at ycn dot com
    17 years ago
    Ever wounder what array_splice is doing to your references, then try this little script and see the output.

    <?php

    $a     = "a";
    $b = "b";
    $c = "c";
    $d = "d";
    $arr = array();
    $arr[] =& $a;
    $arr[] =& $b;
    $arr[] =& $c;
    array_splice($arr,1,0,array($d));
    $sec_arr = array();
    $sec_arr[] =& $d;
    array_splice($arr,1,0,$sec_arr);

    $arr[0] = "test"; // should be $a
    $arr[3] = "test2"; // should be $b
    $arr[1] = "this be d?"; // should be $d
    $arr[2] = "or this be d?"; // should be $d
    var_dump($arr);
    var_dump($a);
    var_dump($b);
    var_dump($d);
    ?>

    The output will be (PHP 4.3.3):

    array(5) {
    [0]=>
    &string(4) "test"
    [1]=>
    &string(10) "this be d?"
    [2]=>
    string(13) "or this be d?"
    [3]=>
    &string(5) "test2"
    [4]=>
    &string(1) "c"
    }
    string(4) "test"
    string(5) "test2"
    string(10) "this be d?"

    So array_splice is reference safe, but you have to be careful about the generation of the replacement array.

    have fun, cheers!
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    Paul
    18 years ago
    In PHP 4.3.10, at least, it seems that elements that are inserted as part of the replacement array are inserted BY REFERENCE (that is, as though with the =& rather than = assignment operation). So if your replacement array contains elements that references to variables that you can also access via other variable name, then this will be true of the elements in the final array too.

    In particular, this means that it is safe to use array_splice() on arrays of objects, as you won't be creating copies of the objects (as it is so easy to do in PHP 4).
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    Anonymous
    3 years ago
    the following:

    $input = [[5=>"richard=red"], [15=>"york=yellow"], [25=>"gave=green"], [30=>"battle=blue"], [35=>"in=indigo"], [40=>"vain=violet"]];
    array_splice($input, 2, 0, [[10=>"of=orange"]]);
    var_dump($input);

    gives this:

    array (size=7)
    0 =>
    array (size=1)
    5 => string 'richard=red' (length=11)
    1 =>
    array (size=1)
    15 => string 'york=yellow' (length=11)
    2 =>
    array (size=1)
    10 => string 'of=orange' (length=9)
    3 =>
    array (size=1)
    25 => string 'gave=green' (length=10)
    4 =>
    array (size=1)
    30 => string 'battle=blue' (length=11)
    5 =>
    array (size=1)
    35 => string 'in=indigo' (length=9)
    6 =>
    array (size=1)
    40 => string 'vain=violet' (length=11)
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    dead dot screamer at seznam dot cz
    15 years ago
    I need <?php array_Splice()?> function, that use array keys instead of order (offset and length) because of associated arrays, and this is result:

    <?php
    /**
    * first variation
    *
    * $input is input array
    * $start is index of slice begin
    * $end is index of slice end, if this is null, $replacement will be inserted (in the same way as original array_Slice())
    *indexes of $replacement are preserved in both examples
    */
    function array_KSplice1(&$input, $start, $end=null, $replacement=null)
    {
    $keys=array_Keys($input);
    $values=array_Values($input);
    if(    $replacement!==null)
    {
    $replacement=(array)$replacement;
    $rKeys=array_Keys($replacement);
    $rValues=array_Values($replacement);
    }

    $start=array_Search($start,$keys,true);
    if(    $start===false)
    return     false;
    if(    $end!==null)
    {
    $end=array_Search($end,$keys,true);
    // if $end not found, exit
    if($end===false)
    return     false;
    // if $end is before $start, exit
    if($end<$start)
    return     false;
    // index to length
    $end-=$start-1;
    }

    // optional arguments
    if($replacement!==null)
    {
    array_Splice($keys,$start,$end,$rKeys);
    array_Splice($values,$start,$end,$rValues);
    }
    else
    {
    array_Splice($keys,$start,$end);
    array_Splice($values,$start,$end);
    }

    $input=array_Combine($keys,$values);

    return     $input;
    }

    /**
    * second variation
    *
    * $input is input array
    * $start is index of slice begin
    * $length is length of slice, what will be replaced, if is zero, $replacement will be inserted (in the same way as original array_Slice())
    */
    function array_KSplice2(&$input, $start, $length=0, $replacement=null)
    {
    $keys=array_Keys($input);
    $values=array_Values($input);
    if(    $replacement!==null)
    {
    $replacement=(array)$replacement;
    $rKeys=array_Keys($replacement);
    $rValues=array_Values($replacement);
    }

    $start=array_Search($start,$keys,true);
    if(    $start===false)
    return     false;

    // optional arguments
    if($replacement!==null)
    {
    array_Splice($keys,$start,$length,$rKeys);
    array_Splice($values,$start,$length,$rValues);
    }
    else
    {
    array_Splice($keys,$start,$length);
    array_Splice($values,$start,$length);
    }

    $input=array_Combine($keys,$values);

    return     $input;
    }

    $array=range(1,10);
    var_Dump(array_KSplice1($array,3,3,array(100=>101,102,103,104)));

    $array=range(1,10);
    var_Dump(array_KSplice2($array,3,3,array(100=>101,102,103,104)));

    ?>

    Both examples output:
    array(11) {
    [0]=>
    int(1)
    [1]=>
    int(2)
    [2]=>
    int(3)
    [100]=>
    int(101)
    [101]=>
    int(102)
    [102]=>
    int(103)
    [103]=>
    int(104)
    [6]=>
    int(7)
    [7]=>
    int(8)
    [8]=>
    int(9)
    [9]=>
    int(10)
    }
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    paule at cs dot tamu dot edu
    22 years ago
    to kokos@lac.lviv.ua:

    Good point about the code not doing what you expected.

    The failure to check for the insert case like you pointed out is not a bug, however. I didn't add code to handle that because the key of such an added index is more or less undefined in an unordered associative array. Put another way, if your array is associative and not auto-indexed, you most likely care enough about your keys to want to set them explicitly.
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    Anonymous
    22 years ago
    Please note that array_splice() 's second argument is an OFFSET and not an INDEX.

    Lets say you want to
    $array_of_items = array ('nothing','myitem','hisitem','heritem');
    $sid = array_search('myitem',$array_of_items);
    echo $sid; /* prints out 1, since index element 1 is "myitem" */

    Now, lets say we want to remove that "myitem" from the array:

    <?php
    $array_of_items     = array_splice($array_of_items,(1+$sid),1);
    ?>

    Notice how you have to add a one to the $sid variable? That is because offset item 1 is "nothing" and since $sid is currently 1 (the index of "myitem"), we add 1 more to it to find out
    its OFFSET.

    DO NOT DO THIS:
    $array_of_items = array_splice($array_of_items,$sid,1);
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    vitospericolato at gmail dot com
    8 years ago
    To remove elements from an array, based on array values:

    <?php
    $i_to_remove    =array();

    foreach(    $array_to_prune as $i=>$value){
    if(    cond_to_delete($value)) $i_to_remove[]=$i;
    }
    foreach(    $i_to_remove as $j=>$i)
    array_splice($array_to_prune,$i-$j,1);

    ?>
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    Hayley Watson
    7 years ago
    For an analogous function that works on strings rather than arrays, see substr_replace.
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    antrik
    10 years ago
    Prompted by dire need, and inspired by some of the existing notes, I came up with this:

    /* Like array_splice(), but preserves the key(s) of the replacement array. */
    function array_splice_assoc(&$input, $offset, $length = 0, $replacement = array()) {
    $tail = array_splice($input, $offset);
    $extracted = array_splice($tail, 0, $length);
    $input += $replacement + $tail;
    return $extracted;
    };

    Apart from preserving the keys, it behaves just like the regular array_splice() for all cases I could think of.

    So for example the regular array_splice()

    $input = array('a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3, 'd' => 4, 'e' => 5, 'f' =>6);
    print_r(array_splice($input, -4, 3, array('foo1' => 'bar', 'foo2' => 'baz')));
    print_r($input);

    will give:

    Array
    (
    [c] => 3
    [d] => 4
    [e] => 5
    )
    Array
    (
    [a] => 1
    [b] => 2
    [0] => bar
    [1] => baz
    [f] => 6
    )

    But with array_splice_assoc()

    $input = array('a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3, 'd' => 4, 'e' => 5, 'f' =>6);
    print_r(array_splice_assoc($input, -4, 3, array('foo1' => 'bar', 'foo2' => 'baz')));
    print_r($input);

    we get:

    Array
    (
    [c] => 3
    [d] => 4
    [e] => 5
    )
    Array
    (
    [a] => 1
    [b] => 2
    [foo1] => bar
    [foo2] => baz
    [f] => 6
    )

    A typical use case would be replacing an element identified by a particular key, which we could achieve with:

    $input = array('a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3, 'd' => 4, 'e' => 5, 'f' =>6);
    array_splice_assoc($input, array_search('d', array_keys($input)), 1, array('foo' => 'bar'));
    print_r($input);

    giving us:

    Array
    (
    [a] => 1
    [b] => 2
    [c] => 3
    [foo] => bar
    [e] => 5
    [f] => 6
    )
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    news_yodpeirs at thoftware dot de
    13 years ago
    Sometimes you may want to insert one array into another and just work on with the resulting array. array_splice() doesn't support this, as the resulting array isn't the returned value but the first argument, which is changed by reference.

    Therefore you may use the following function, which inserts array $ins in array $src at position $pos. $rep can be used if $ins shouldn't be just inserted, but should replace some existing elements (the number of elements to be replaced is given in $rep).

    <?php
    function array_insert($src,$ins,$pos,$rep=0) {
    array_splice($src,$pos,$rep,$ins);
    return(    $src);
    }
    ?>
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    bdjumakov at gmail dot com
    18 years ago
    Someone might find this function usefull. It just takes a given element from the array and moves it before given element into the same array.

    <?php
    function array_move($which, $where, $array)
    {
    $tmp = array_splice($array, $which, 1);
    array_splice($array, $where, 0, $tmp);
    return     $array;
    }
    ?>
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    paule at cs dot tamu dot edu
    22 years ago
    After reading KoKos' post above, I thought that the code I posted right before his should do what he wanted. However, my original post neglected to note the little "Tip" in the documentation above, about a single element replacement.

    If one changes the lines in my code above that says:

    <?php
    if(is_array($replacement))
    foreach(    $replacement as $r_key=>$r_value)
    $new_array[$r_key]=$r_value;
    ?>

    to instead say:

    <?php
    if(is_string($replacement))
    $new_array[$key]=$replacement;
    elseif(    is_array($replacement))
    foreach(    $replacement as $r_key=>$r_value)
    $new_array[$r_key]=$r_value;
    ?>

    that will solve the problem.

    Sorry for the omission.
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    kokos at lac dot lviv dot ua
    22 years ago
    It may seem obvious from the above posts, but cost me a bit of
    braindamage to figure this out...

    Contrary to the equivalence noted on this page
    $input[$x] = $y <==> array_splice ($input, $x, 1, $y)
    array_splice() will not always work as expected,
    even provided that you have only INTEGER keys!

    The following code:
    $t=array('a','b','c','d','e');
    var_dump($t);

    <?php
    unset($t[0],$t[1],$t[3]);
    $t[0]='f';
    var_dump($t);

    array_splice($t,0,1,'g');
    var_dump($t);
    ?>

    Will produce:
    array(5) {
    [0]=>
    string(1) "a"
    [1]=>
    string(1) "b"
    [2]=>
    string(1) "c"
    [3]=>
    string(1) "d"
    [4]=>
    string(1) "e"
    }
    array(3) {
    [2]=>
    string(1) "c"
    [4]=>
    string(1) "e"
    [0]=>
    string(1) "f"
    }
    array(3) {
    [0]=>
    string(1) "g"
    [1]=>
    string(1) "e"
    [2]=>
    string(1) "f"
    }

    Note the position of $t[0] in the second call to var_dump().
    And of course, array_splice() left it intact, changing $t[2] instead.
    This is because it operates the _offset_, not the _index_. :)
    I think that "equivalence note" should be considered buggy. ;)))

    Best wishes.
    KoKos.
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    rolandfoxx at yahoo dot com
    20 years ago
    Be careful, array_splice does not behave like you might expect should you try to pass it an object as the replacement argument. Consider the following:

    <?php
    //Very truncated
    class Tree {
    var     $childNodes

    function addChild($offset, $node) {
    array_splice($this->childNodes, $offset, 0, $node);
    //...rest of function
    }

    }

    class     Node {
    var     $stuff
    ...
    }

    $tree = new Tree();
    // ...set 2 nodes using other functions...
    echo (count($tree->childNodes)); //Gives 2
    $newNode = new Node();
    // ...set node attributes here...
    $tree->addChild(1, $newNode);
    echo(    count($tree->childNodes)); //Expect 3? wrong!
    ?>

    In this case, the array has a number of items added to it equal to the number of attributes in the new Node object and the values thereof I.e, if your Node object has 2 attributes with values "foo" and "bar", count($tree->childNodes) will now return 4, with the items "foo" and "bar" added to it. I'm not sure if this qualifies as a bug, or is just a byproduct of how PHP handles objects.

    Here's a workaround for this problem:
    function array_insertobj(&$array, $offset, $insert) {
    $firstPart = array_slice($array, 0, $offset);
    $secondPart = array_slice($array, $offset);
    $insertPart = array($insert);
    $array = array_merge($firstPart, $insertPart, $secondPart);
    }

    Note that this function makes no allowances for when $offset equals the first or last index in the array. That's because array_unshift and array_push work just fine in those cases. It's only array_splice that can trip you up. Obviously, this is kinda tailor-made for arrays with numeric keys when you don't really care what said keys are, but i'm sure you could adapt it for associative arrays if you needed it.
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    madmax at max-worlds dot net
    16 years ago
    Note: If replacement is not an array, it will be typecast to one (i.e. (array) $parameter). This may result in unexpected behavior when using an object replacement .

    Example :

    <?php
    class A()
    {
    private     $a;
    private     $b;
    public function     __construct()
    {
    $this->a = "foo";
    $this->b = "bar";
    }
    }

    $array = array();
    array_splice($array, 0, 0, new A());
    print_r($array);
    ?>

    Outputs :

    Array : Array
    {
    [0] => foo
    [1] => bar
    }

    Solution : Enforce the array() on the object.

    <?php
    array_splice    ($array, 0, 0, array(new Object());
    ?>

    Source : http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=44485
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    tsunaquake DOESNTLIKESPAM @ wp DOT pl
    22 years ago
    It is possible to use a string instead of offset, eg if you want to deletre the entry $myArray['entry'] then you can simply do it like this:

    <?php
    array_splice    ($myArray, 'entry', 1);
    ?>

    Note that you can use unset($myArray['entry']) as well but then, it doesn't enable you to remove more than one entry and it doesn't replace anything in the array, if that's what you intend to do.
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    Anonymous
    10 years ago
    <?php
    function array_slice2( $array, $offset, $length = 0 )
    {
    if(     $offset < 0 )
    $offset = sizeof( $array ) + $offset;

    $length = ( !$length ? sizeof( $array ) : ( $length < 0 ? sizeof( $array ) - $length : $length + $offset ) );

    for(     $i = $offset; $i < $length; $i++ )
    $tmp[] = $array[$i];

    return     $tmp;
    }
    ?>
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    strata_ranger at hotmail dot com
    15 years ago
    Should you want a similar function for splicing strings together, here is a rough equivalent:

    <?php
    function str_splice($input, $offset, $length=null, $splice='')
    {
    $input = (string)$input;
    $splice = (string)$splice;
    $count = strlen($input);

    // Offset handling (negative values measure from end of string)
    if ($offset<0) $offset = $count + $offset;

    // Length handling (positive values measure from $offset; negative, from end of string; omitted = end of string)
    if (is_null($length)) $length = $count;
    elseif (    $length < 0) $length = $count-$offset+$length;

    // Do the splice
    return substr($input, 0, $offset) . $splice . substr($input, $offset+$length);
    }

    $string = "The fox jumped over the lazy dog.";

    // Outputs "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog."
    echo str_splice($string, 4, 0, "quick brown ");

    ?>

    Obviously this is not for cases where all you need to do is a simple search-and-replace.
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    leingang AT math DOT rutgers DOT edu
    22 years ago
    array_splice resets the internal pointer of $input. In fact, many array functions do this. Caveat programmor!
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    loushou - life dot 42 at gmail dot com
    16 years ago
    i miss posted the actual function...
    here is the real one lol

    <?php

    function q_sort(&$Info, $Index, $Left, $Right)
    {
    echo     "memory usage <b>".memory_get_usage()."</b><br/>\n";
    $L_hold = $Left;
    $R_hold = $Right;
    $Pivot = $Left;
    $PivotValue = $Info[$Left];
    while (    $Left < $Right)
    {
    while ((    $Info[$Right][$Index] >= $PivotValue[$Index]) && ($Left < $Right))
    $Right--;
    if (    $Left != $Right)
    {
    $Info[$Left] = $Info[$Right];
    $Left++;
    }
    while ((    $Info[$Left][$Index] <= $PivotValue[$Index]) && ($Left < $Right))
    $Left++;
    if (    $Left != $Right)
    {
    $Info[$Right] = $Info[$Left];
    $Right--;
    }
    }
    $Info[$Left] = $PivotValue;
    $Pivot = $Left;
    $Left = $L_hold;
    $Right = $R_hold;
    if (    $Left < $Pivot)
    q_sort($Info, $Index, $Left, $Pivot-1);
    if (    $Right > $Pivot)
    q_sort($Info, $Index, $Pivot+1, $Right);
    }

    ?>
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