array_pad

Example

Example 1

Returns 5 elements and inserts the "blue" value into the new element of the array:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$a</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token keyword">array</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"red"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"green"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token function">print_r</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token function"></span></span><mark> <span class="token function">array_pad</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$a</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token number">5</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"blue"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span></mark><span class="token punctuation"></span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span>

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Example 2

Use negative size parameter:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$a</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token keyword">array</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"red"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"green"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token function">print_r</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span><span class="token function"></span></span><mark> <span class="token function">array_pad</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$a</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token operator">-</span> <span class="token number">5</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"blue"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span></mark><span class="token punctuation"></span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span>

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