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array_pad — Pad array to the specified length with a value
Parametersarray
Initial array of values to pad.
length
New size of the array.
value
Value to pad if array is less than length.
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.
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)
echo join(', ', $result), PHP_EOL;$result = array_pad($input, -7, -1);
// result is array(-1, -1, -1, -1, 12, 10, 9)
echo join(', ', $result), PHP_EOL;$result = array_pad($input, 2, "noop");
// not padded
echo join(', ', $result), PHP_EOL;
?> See Also
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')); $b = array(1229600459=>'large', 1229604787=>20, 1229609459=>'red');
print_r($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
) goffrie at sympatico dot ca ¶
22 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,... scott*hurring.com ¶
23 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.
21 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 ) Anonymous ¶
21 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);
?>
hk, StrApp Bussiness Solutions ¶
18 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 )
daarius at hotmail dot com ¶
23 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... 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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