I have a PHP array which looks like this...
array
(
[0] => apple,
[1] => orange,
)
I need to ensure the array contains 4 items, so in the instance above I want to end up with this...
array
(
[0] => apple,
[1] => orange,
[2} => ,
[3] => ,
)
Am I best looping through this with a counter and creating a new array, or is there a better method?
Pad your array with elements to a size that you need:
$my_arr = [1,2];
$my_arr = array_pad($my_arr, 4, '');
This should do what you're after
$iNumberOfElements = 5;
$a = array('apple', 'orange');
if(count($a) < $iNumberOfElements){
while (count($a) < $iNumberOfElements) {
$a[] = "";
}
}
var_dump($a);
exit;
as @iainn said: php.net/manual/en/function.array-pad.php
there is this function:
$input = array(12, 10, 9);
$result = array_pad($input, 5, 0);
// result is array(12, 10, 9, 0, 0)
5 is the size of your array, 0 is the default value to empty cells