(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5)
array_fill — Füllt ein Array mit Werten
array_fill() füllt ein Array mit num Einträgen des Wertes des value Parameters. Die Indizes des Arrays beginnen mit dem start_index Parameter.
Der erste Index des zurückgegebenen Arrays. Nur nicht-negative Indizes werden unterstützt.
Anzahl der einzufügenden Elemente
Einzufügender Wert
Gibt das gefüllte Array zurück
Wirft eine E_WARNING wenn num kleiner als Eins ist.
Beispiel #1 array_fill()-Beispiel
<?php
$a = array_fill(5, 6, 'Banane');
$b = array_fill(-2, 2, 'Birne');
print_r($a);
print_r($b);
?>
Das oben gezeigte Beispiel erzeugt folgende Ausgabe:
Array ( [5] => Banane [6] => Banane [7] => Banane [8] => Banane [9] => Banane [10] => Banane ) Array ( [-2] => Birne [0] => Birne \
Beachten Sie auch den Array-Abschnitt des Handbuchs für eine detaillierte Erklärung von negativen Schlüsseln.
To better handle the problem of sparse array completion mentioned a couple years ago...
What you really need in this scenario is an empty array containing all the desired keys, and a sparse array containing the keys and values you want overridden. This PHP5 function does that. (The PEAR package PHP_Compat should be able to fill in the gap -- array_combine() -- for a 4.3 install, if necessary.)
<?php
function array_complete(
$keys="", // array of keys you need filled, in order
$sparse="" // sparse array to override blanks
)
{
if(!is_array($sparse))
$sparse=array();
if(!is_array($keys))
return $sparse;
return array_merge(
array_combine( // create an associative array
$keys, // your list of keys
array_fill( // blank value for each key
0,count(
$keys
),""
)
),$sparse // merge with your incomplete array
);
}
?>
This merges in your sparse array (inserting any additional keys in that array after the ones you've specified), placing its values in the key order you specify, leaving all the other values blank.
Test call: var_dump(array_complete(array("test1", "test2", "test3", "test4", "test5"), array("test3" => "test3", "test1" => "test1", "garbage" => "garbage")));
Result: array(6) {
["test1"]=>
string(5) "test1"
["test2"]=>
string(0) ""
["test3"]=>
string(5) "test3"
["test4"]=>
string(0) ""
["test5"]=>
string(0) ""
["garbage"]=>
string(7) "garbage"
}
This is what I recently did to quickly create a two dimensional array (10x10), initialized to 0:
<?php
$a = array_fill(0, 10, array_fill(0, 10, 0));
?>
This should work for as many dimensions as you want, each time passing to array_fill() (as the 3rd argument) another array_fill() function.
For PHP < 4.2.0 users:
Add this to your script:
if (!function_exists('array_fill')) {
require_once('array_fill.func.php');
}
and the array_fill.func.php file:
<?php
// For PHP version < 4.2.0 missing the array_fill function,
// I provide here an alternative. -Philippe
function array_fill($iStart, $iLen, $vValue) {
$aResult = array();
for ($iCount = $iStart; $iCount < $iLen + $iStart; $iCount++) {
$aResult[$iCount] = $vValue;
}
return $aResult;
}
?>
array_fill() cannot be used to setup only missing keys in an array. This may be necessary for example before using implode() on a sparse filled array.
The solution is to use this function:
<?php
function array_setkeys(&$array, $fill = NULL) {
$indexmax = -1;
for (end($array); $key = key($array); prev($array)) {
if ($key > $indexmax)
$indexmax = $key;
}
for ($i = 0; $i <= $indexmax; $i++) {
if (!isset($array[$i]))
$array[$i] = $fill;
}
ksort($array);
}
?>
This is usefull in some situations where you don't know which key index was filled and you want to preserve the association between a positioned field in an imploded array and the key index when exploding it.