array_pad

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array_pad — Pad array to the specified length with a value

Опис

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

array_pad() returns a copy of the array padded to size specified by length with value value. If length is positive then the array is padded on the right, if it's negative then on the left. If the absolute value of length is less than or equal to the length of the array then no padding takes place.

Параметри

array: Initial array of values to pad.
length: New size of the array.
value: Value to pad if array is less than length.

Значення, що повертаються

Returns a copy of the array padded to size specified by length with value value. If length is positive then the array is padded on the right, if it's negative then on the left. If the absolute value of length is less than or equal to the length of the array then no padding takes place.

Журнал змін

Версія	Опис
8.3.0	Prior to 8.3, only 1048576 elements could be added at once. Now it is limited only by the maximum size of an array instead.

Приклади

Приклад #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
?>

Прогляньте також

array_fill() - Fill an array with values
range() - Створює масив, який містить послідовність елементів

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User Contributed Notes 8 notes

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tugla ¶

16 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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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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