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Alex
Alex

Reputation: 67710

PHP array_merge with numerical keys

How can make it so array_merge() overwrites two keys with different values but same key index from two arrays?

for example, merging:

[0] => 'whatever'

with

[0] => 'whatever', [1] => 'a', [2] => 'b'

should produce

[0] => 'whatever', [1] => 'a', [2] => 'b'

Basically I want array_merge to bahave the same way it behaves if the arrays have string keys...

Upvotes: 51

Views: 42867

Answers (8)

HKandulla
HKandulla

Reputation: 1121

array_replace does exactly this!

Upvotes: 29

Manvel
Manvel

Reputation: 808

In my project I use my own function

function array_merge_custom(){
    $array = [];
    $arguments  = func_num_args();
    foreach($arguments as $args)
        foreach($args as $key => $value)
            $array[$key] = $value;
    return $array;
}

Usage

$a = array_merge_custom($b, $c, $d, ... .. )

Upvotes: 3

Sergey Onishchenko
Sergey Onishchenko

Reputation: 7861

$arrA = [10, 11, 12];
$arrB = [12, 13];

$arrCommon = array_keys(array_flip($arrA) + array_flip($arrB));

print_r($arrCommon);
Array
(
    [0] => 10
    [1] => 11
    [2] => 12
    [3] => 13
)

Compare to WRONG use of "+"

$arrCommon = $arrA + $arrB;

print_r($arrCommon);
Array
(
    [0] => 10
    [1] => 11
    [2] => 12
)

Upvotes: -1

phvish
phvish

Reputation: 139

the solution could be this:
function array_merge_custom($array1, $array2) {
    $mergeArray = [];
    $array1Keys = array_keys($array1);
    $array2Keys = array_keys($array2);
    $keys = array_merge($array1Keys, $array2Keys);

    foreach ($keys as $key) {
        $mergeArray[$key] = array_merge_recursive(isset($array1[$key]) ? $array1[$key] : [], isset($array2[$key]) ? $array2[$key] : []);
    }

    return $mergeArray;
}

$array1 = [
    '66_' => [
        'k1' => 1,
        'k2' => 1,
    ],
    '67_' => [
        'k1' => 1,
        'k2' => 1,
    ],
    '68_' => [
        'k1' => 1,
        'k2' => 1,
    ],
    68 => [
        'k1' => 1,
        'k2' => 1,
    ]
];
$array2 = [
    '66_' => [
        'a1' => 1,
        'a2' => 1,
    ],
    '68_' => [
        'b1' => 1,
        'b2' => 1,
    ],
    68 => [
        'b1' => 1,
        'b2' => 1,
    ]
];
echo '<pre>';
print_r(array_merge_custom($array1, $array2));

Upvotes: 0

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G&#246;ktuğ &#214;zt&#252;rk

Reputation: 189

You should use $a2+$a1 to get same result with array_merge($a1,$a2);

$a1 = array(
    'k1' => 1,
    'k2' => 2,
    'k3' => 3,
);

$a2 = array(
    'k1' => 11,
    'k2' => 22,
    'k4' => 44,
);

Code:

print_r(array_merge($a1,$a2));

Output: 

Array ( 
    [k1] => 11 
    [k2] => 22 
    [k3] => 3 
    [k4] => 44 
)

Code:

print_r($a1+$a2);

Output: 

Array ( 
    [k1] => 1 
    [k2] => 2 
    [k3] => 3 
    [k4] => 44 
)

Code:

print_r($a2+$a1);

Output: 

Array ( 
    [k1] => 11 
    [k2] => 22 
    [k4] => 44 
    [k3] => 3 
)

Upvotes: 2

AJ.
AJ.

Reputation: 28184

Use the + operator.

Compare array_merge to + operator:

<?php

$a1 = array(0=>"whatever",);
$a2 = array(0=>"whatever",1=>"a",2=>"b");

print_r(array_merge($a1,$a2));
print_r($a1+$a2);
?>

Output:

Array
(
    [0] => whatever
    [1] => whatever
    [2] => a
    [3] => b
)
Array
(
    [0] => whatever
    [1] => a
    [2] => b
)

The + operator still works if your associative array has the numerical keys out-of-order:

<?php

$a1 = array(0=>"whatever",);
$a2 = array(1=>"a",0=>"whatever",2=>"b");

print_r(array_merge($a1,$a2));
print_r($a1+$a2);
?>

Output:

Array
(
    [0] => whatever
    [1] => a
    [2] => whatever
    [3] => b
)
Array
(
    [0] => whatever
    [1] => a
    [2] => b
)

Notice array_merge in this case creates a new key. Not desirable...

Upvotes: 96

Scott C Wilson
Scott C Wilson

Reputation: 20026

You could use array_merge() and then use array_unique().

Upvotes: 0

Jon
Jon

Reputation: 437574

Pretty easy to write manually:

function array_merge_custom($first, $second) {
    $result = array();
    foreach($first as $key => $value) {
        $result[$key] = $value;
    }
    foreach($second as $key => $value) {
        $result[$key] = $value;
    }

    return $result;
}

Update: This behaves differently than the union operator (return $first + $second;) because in this case the second array wins when both have elements with the same key.

However, if you switch the places of the arguments and place the array that you want to "win" in case of conflicts as the first operand, you can get the same behavior. So the function above behaves exactly like return $second + $first;.

Upvotes: 8

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