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markb
markb

Reputation: 1285

Include an array in another array

Was wondering how to add the values of one array into another to save me typing the values of one array over and over:

$array_main = array(
    '[1]' => '1',
    '[2]' => '2',
    '[3]' => '3',
    '[4]' => '4'
);

$array_1 = array( $array_main, '[5]' => '5' );

This deduces:

$array_1 = array(
    array(
        '[1]' => '1',
        '[2]' => '2',
        '[3]' => '3',
        '[4]' => '4'
    ),
    '[5]' => '5'
);

But I wanted:

$array_1 = array(
    '[1]' => '1',
    '[2]' => '2',
    '[3]' => '3',
    '[4]' => '4',
    '[5]' => '5'
);

So is there anything that can turn an array into a string? I've tried implode and array_shift but I need the whole array() not just the values..

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1537

Answers (4)

Rikesh
Rikesh

Reputation: 26421

Fastest way is simply use single array like following,

$array_main = array(
    '[1]' => '1',
    '[2]' => '2',
    '[3]' => '3',
    '[4]' => '4'
);
$array1 = $array_main;
$array1['[5]'] = '5';

Though if specific requirement for new array use array_merge,

$array1 = array_merge($array_main,array('[5]' => '5'));

Upvotes: 3

Tamil Selvan C
Tamil Selvan C

Reputation: 20199

Use array_merge()

$array_1 = array_merge($array_main, array('[5]' => '5'));

Upvotes: 0

nick
nick

Reputation: 3711

You can use merge array (don't just want to add an extra value) to merge two arrays:

<?php
    $array1 = array("0" => "0", "1" => "1");
    $array2 = array("a" => "a", "b" => "b");
    print_r( array_merge($array1, $array2 );
?>

Prints:

Array
(
    [0] => 0
    [1] => 1
    [a] => a
    [b] => b
)

Upvotes: 0

Kld
Kld

Reputation: 7068

<?php
$array1 = array("color" => "red", 2, 4);
$array2 = array("a", "b", "color" => "green", "shape" => "trapezoid", 4);
$result = array_merge($array1, $array2);
print_r($result);
?>

The above example will output:

Array
(
    [color] => green
    [0] => 2
    [1] => 4
    [2] => a
    [3] => b
    [shape] => trapezoid
    [4] => 4
)

http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-merge.php

Upvotes: 3

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