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.
array_fill
(PHP 4 >= 4.2.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)
array_fill — Fill an array with values
Description
Fills an array with
count entries of the value of the
value parameter, keys starting at the
start_index parameter.
Parameters
-
start_index -
The first index of the returned array.
If
start_indexis negative, the first index of the returned array will bestart_indexand the following indices will start from zero prior to PHP 8.0.0; as of PHP 8.0.0, negative keys are incremented normally (see example). -
count -
Number of elements to insert. Must be greater than or equal to zero, and less than or equal to
2147483647. -
value -
Value to use for filling
Return Values
Returns the filled array
Errors/Exceptions
Throws a ValueError if count is
out of range.
Changelog
| Version | Description |
|---|---|
| 8.0.0 |
array_fill() now throws a ValueError
if count is out of range; previously E_WARNING
was raised, and the function returned false.
|
Examples
Example #1 array_fill() example
<?php
$a = array_fill(5, 6, 'banana');
print_r($a);
?>The above example will output:
Array
(
[5] => banana
[6] => banana
[7] => banana
[8] => banana
[9] => banana
[10] => banana
)
Example #2 array_fill() example with a negative start index
<?php
$a = array_fill(-2, 4, 'pear');
print_r($a);
?>Output of the above example in PHP 7:
Array
(
[-2] => pear
[0] => pear
[1] => pear
[2] => pear
)
Output of the above example in PHP 8:
Array
(
[-2] => pear
[-1] => pear
[0] => pear
[1] => pear
)
Note that index -1 is not present prior to PHP 8.0.0.
Notes
See also the Arrays section of manual for a detailed explanation of negative keys.
See Also
- array_fill_keys() - Fill an array with values, specifying keys
- str_repeat() - Repeat a string
- range() - Create an array containing a range of elements
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User Contributed Notes 7 notes
csst0266 at cs dot uoi dot gr ¶
20 years ago
anatoliy at ukhvanovy dot name ¶
10 years ago
If you need negative indices:
<?php
$b = array_fill(-2, 4, 'pear');//this is not what we want
$c = array_fill_keys(range(-2,1),'pear');//these are negative indices
print_r($b);
print_r($c);
?>
Here is result of the code above:
Array
(
[-2] => pear
[0] => pear
[1] => pear
[2] => pear
)
Array
(
[-2] => pear
[-1] => pear
[0] => pear
[1] => pear
)
mchljnk at NOSPAM dot gmail dot com ¶
11 years ago
Using objects with array_fill may cause unexpected results. Consider the following:
<?php
class Foo {
public $bar = "banana";
}
//fill an array with objects
$array = array_fill(0, 2, new Foo());
var_dump($array);
/*
array(2) {
[0]=>
object(Foo)#1 (1) {
["bar"]=>
string(6) "banana"
}
[1]=>
object(Foo)#1 (1) {
["bar"]=>
string(6) "banana"
}
} */
//now we change the attribute of the object stored in index 0
//this actually changes the attribute for EACH object in the ENTIRE array
$array[0]->bar = "apple";
var_dump($array);
/*
array(2) {
[0]=>
object(Foo)#1 (1) {
["bar"]=>
string(5) "apple"
}
[1]=>
object(Foo)#1 (1) {
["bar"]=>
string(5) "apple"
}
}
*/
?>
Objects are filled in the array BY REFERENCE. They are not copied for each element in the array.
user at NOSPAM dot example dot com ¶
3 years ago
As of PHP 8.0 the example code
<?php
$b = array_fill(-2, 4, 'pear');
print_r($b);
?>
now returns
Array
(
[-2] => pear
[-1] => pear
[0] => pear
[1] => pear
)
See https://wiki.php.net/rfc/negative_array_index and https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/3772
miguelxpain at gmail dot com ¶
12 years ago
I made this function named "array_getMax" that returns te maximum value and index, from array:
<?php
//using array_search_all by helenadeus at gmail dot com
function array_search_all($needle, $haystack)
{#array_search_match($needle, $haystack) returns all the keys of the values that match $needle in $haystack
foreach ($haystack as $k=>$v) {
if($haystack[$k]==$needle){
$array[] = $k;
}
}
return ($array);
}
function array_getMax($array){
$conteo=array_count_values($array);
if( count($conteo)==1 ){//returns full array when all values are the same.
return $array;
}
arsort($array);
//$antValue=null;
$maxValue=null;
$keyValue=null;
foreach($array as $key=>$value){
if($maxValue==null){
$maxValue=$value;
$keyValue=$key;
break;
}
}
$resultSearch=array_search_all($maxValue, $array);
return array_fill_keys($resultSearch, $maxValue);
}
//example
$arreglo=array('e1'=>99,'e2'=>'99','e3'=>1,'e4'=>1,'e5'=>98);
var_dump(array_getMax($arreglo));
//output
/*
array(2) {
["e1"]=>
int(99)
["e2"]=>
int(99)
}
*/
?>
I hope some one find this usefull
Hayley Watson ¶
6 years ago
Fill missing keys in a (numerically-indexed) array with a default value
<?php
function fill_missing_keys($array, $default = null, $atleast = 0)
{
return $array + array_fill(0, max($atleast, max(array_keys($array))), $default);
}
?>
Anonymous ¶
22 years ago
array_fill() cannot be used to setup only missing keys in an array. This may be necessary for example before using implode() on a sparse filled array.
The solution is to use this function:
<?php
function array_setkeys(&$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.
