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array_unshift

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array_unshift — 在数组开头插入一个或多个单元

说明

array_unshift(array &$array, mixed ...$values): int

array_unshift() 将传入的单元插入到 array 数组的开头。注意单元是作为整体被插入的，因此传入单元将保持同样的顺序。所有的数值键名将修改为从零开始重新计数，所有的文字键名保持不变。

注意:
重置数组中的内部指针，指向第一个元素。

参数

array: 输入的数组。
values: 插入的变量。

返回值

返回 array 数组新的单元数目。

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版本	说明
7.3.0	现在可以只用一个参数来调用，之前至少需要两个参数。

示例

示例 #1 array_unshift() 示例

<?php
$queue = [
    "orange",
    "banana"
];

array_unshift($queue, "apple", "raspberry");
var_dump($queue);
?>

以上示例会输出：

array(4) {
  [0] =>
  string(5) "apple"
  [1] =>
  string(9) "raspberry"
  [2] =>
  string(6) "orange"
  [3] =>
  string(6) "banana"
}

示例 #2 关联数组用法

如果一个关联数组添加到另一个关联数组开头，则添加到开头的数组将数字索引到前者的数组中。

<?php
$foods = [
    'apples' => [
        'McIntosh' => 'red',
        'Granny Smith' => 'green',
    ],
    'oranges' => [
        'Navel' => 'orange',
        'Valencia' => 'orange',
    ],
];
$vegetables = [
    'lettuce' => [
        'Iceberg' => 'green',
        'Butterhead' => 'green',
    ],
    'carrots' => [
        'Deep Purple Hybrid' => 'purple',
        'Imperator' => 'orange',
    ],
    'cucumber' => [
        'Kirby' => 'green',
        'Gherkin' => 'green',
    ],
];

array_unshift($foods, $vegetables);
var_dump($foods);

以上示例会输出：

array(3) {
  [0] =>
  array(3) {
    'lettuce' =>
    array(2) {
      'Iceberg' =>
      string(5) "green"
      'Butterhead' =>
      string(5) "green"
    }
    'carrots' =>
    array(2) {
      'Deep Purple Hybrid' =>
      string(6) "purple"
      'Imperator' =>
      string(6) "orange"
    }
    'cucumber' =>
    array(2) {
      'Kirby' =>
      string(5) "green"
      'Gherkin' =>
      string(5) "green"
    }
  }
  'apples' =>
  array(2) {
    'McIntosh' =>
    string(3) "red"
    'Granny Smith' =>
    string(5) "green"
  }
  'oranges' =>
  array(2) {
    'Navel' =>
    string(6) "orange"
    'Valencia' =>
    string(6) "orange"
  }
}

参见

array_merge() - 合并一个或多个数组
array_shift() - 将数组开头的单元移出数组
array_push() - 将一个或多个单元压入数组的末尾（入栈）
array_pop() - 弹出数组最后一个单元（出栈）

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User Contributed Notes 13 notes

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sergei at gmx dot net ¶

17 years ago


You can preserve keys and unshift an array with numerical indexes in a really simple way if you'll do the following:



<?php

$someArray=array(224=>'someword1', 228=>'someword2', 102=>'someword3', 544=>'someword3',95=>'someword4');



$someArray=array(100=>'Test Element 1 ',255=>'Test Element 2')+$someArray;

?>



now the array looks as follows:



array(

100=>'Test Element 1 ',

255=>'Test Element 2'

224=>'someword1',

228=>'someword2',

102=>'someword3',

544=>'someword3',

95=>'someword4'

);

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rsmith_NOSPAM_ at _NOSPAM_unitec dot ac dot nz ¶

22 years ago


array_merge() will also reindex (see array_merge() manual entry), but the '+' operator won't, so...



<?php

$arrayone=array("newkey"=>"newvalue") + $arrayone;

?>



does the job.

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Anonymous ¶

12 years ago


Sahn's example almost works but has a small error. Try it like this if you need to prepend something to the array without the keys being reindexed and/or need to prepend a key value pair, you can use this short function: 

<?php 
function array_unshift_assoc(&$arr, $key, $val) 
{ 
    $arr = array_reverse($arr, true); 
    $arr[$key] = $val; 
    return = array_reverse($arr, true); 
} 
?>

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daniel at smallboxcms dot com ¶

9 years ago


Anonymous' associative version wasn't working for me, but it did with this small tweak:

function array_unshift_assoc(&$arr, $key, $val) 
{ 
    $arr = array_reverse($arr, true); 
    $arr[$key] = $val; 
    $arr = array_reverse($arr, true); 
    return $arr;
}

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amschroeder at gmail dot com ¶

17 years ago


This becomes a nice little problem if you index your arrays out of order (while manually sorting).  For example:



<?php

$recordMonths[3] = '8/%/2006';

$recordMonths[4] = '7/%/2004';

$recordMonths[0] = '3/%/2007';

$recordMonths[1] = '2/%/2007';

$recordMonths[5] = '12/%/2000';

$recordMonths[6] = '11/%/2000';

$recordMonths[7] = '10/%/2000';

$recordMonths[2] = '1/%/2007';



for($i = 0; $i < count($recordMonths); $i++)

{

    $singleMonth = $recordMonths[$i];

    echo "singleMonth: $singleMonth <br />";

}

array_unshift($recordMonths,'%');

for($i = 0; $i < count($recordMonths); $i++)

{

    $singleMonth = $recordMonths[$i];

    echo "singleMonth: $singleMonth <br />";

}

?>



Produces:



singleMonth: 3/%/2007

singleMonth: 2/%/2007

singleMonth: 1/%/2007

singleMonth: 8/%/2006

singleMonth: 7/%/2004

singleMonth: 12/%/2000

singleMonth: 11/%/2000

singleMonth: 10/%/2000

singleMonth: %

singleMonth: 8/%/2006

singleMonth: 7/%/2004

singleMonth: 3/%/2007

singleMonth: 2/%/2007

singleMonth: 12/%/2000

singleMonth: 11/%/2000

singleMonth: 10/%/2000

singleMonth: 1/%/2007 



It reindexes them based on the order they were created.  It seems like if an array has all numeric indexes, then it should reindex them based on the order of their index.  Just my opinion...

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php at electricsurfer dot com ¶

20 years ago


even simpler unshifting of a reference !
<?php
/**
 * @return int
 * @param $array array
 * @param $value mixed
 * @desc Prepend a reference to an element to the beginning of an array. Renumbers numeric keys, so $value is always inserted to $array[0]
 */
function array_unshift_ref(&$array, &$value)
{
   $return = array_unshift($array,'');
   $array[0] =& $value;
   return $return;
}
?>

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robert dot wills at fuzzbrain dot uklinux dot net ¶

22 years ago


Actually this problem with the keys getting reindexed only happens when the keys are numerical:

<?php

$a = array("f"=>"five", "s" =>"six", "t" =>
        "twenty");

print_r($a);
echo "\n";
foreach($a as $key=>$val)
{
    echo "k: $key v: $val \n";
}

array_unshift($a, "zero");
print_r($a);
echo "\n";
foreach($a as $key=>$val)
{
    echo "k: $key v: $val \n";
}
?>

Array
(
    [f] => five
    [s] => six
    [t] => twenty
)

k: f v: five
k: s v: six
k: t v: twenty
Array
(
    [0] => zero
    [f] => five
    [s] => six
    [t] => twenty
)

k: 0 v: zero
k: f v: five
k: s v: six
k: t v: twenty

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eliasritter168667 at gmail dot com ¶

11 months ago


This function helps if you want to prepend a key and value pair to the beginning of an array:

function array_kunshift(array $array, string|int $key, mixed $value): array {
        return array_merge([$key => $value], $array);
    }

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Richard Akindele ¶

8 years ago


Another way to tack something to the beginning of an array is with array_merge().

$plans = array('AARP'=>'Senior', 'AAA'=>'Automobile Club');

$plans = array_merge(array("BAR"=>"Best Available Rate"),  $plans);

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sahn at hmc dot edu ¶

23 years ago


If you need to prepend something to the array without the keys being reindexed and/or need to prepend a key value pair, you can use this short function:



<?php

function array_unshift_assoc(&$arr, $key, $val)

{

    $arr = array_reverse($arr, true);

    $arr[$key] = $val;

    $arr = array_reverse($arr, true);

    return count($arr);

}

?>

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chris dot NoThxSpam dot given at hp dot com ¶

21 years ago


If you need to change the name of a key without changing its position in the array this function may be useful.



<?php

function array_key_change($Old, $New, $In, $NewVal=NULL) {

        $Temp = array();

        while(isset($Temp[$Old]) == false) {

                list($k, $v) = each($In);

                $Temp[$k] = $v;

                unset($In[$k]);

        }

        if($NewVal == NULL) {

                $NewVal = $Temp[$Old];

        }

        unset($Temp[$Old]);

        $Temp = array_reverse($Temp);

        $In = array_merge(array($New=>$NewVal), $In);

        while(list($k,$v) = each($Temp)) {

                $In = array_merge(array($k=>$v), $In);

        }

        return($In);

}

?>

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John Brooking ¶

18 years ago


I had a need tonight to convert a numeric array from 1-based to 0-based, and found that the following worked just fine due to the "side effect" of renumbering:



<?php

   array_unshift( $myArray, array_shift( $myArray ));

?>

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lagroue ¶

20 years ago


Last version of PHP deprecated unshifting of a reference.

You can use this function instead :



<?php

function array_unshift1 (& $ioArray, $iValueWrappedInAnArray) {

    $lNewArray = false;

    foreach (array_keys ($ioArray) as $lKey)

        $lNewArray[$lKey+1] = & $ioArray[$lKey];

    $ioArray = array (& $iValueWrappedInAnArray[0]);

    if ($lNewArray)

        foreach (array_keys ($lNewArray) as $lKey)

             $ioArray[] = & $lNewArray[$lKey];

    return count($ioArray);

}



// before last PHP (now generates a deprecation warning)

array_unshift ($a, &$v);

// since last PHP (caution, there is a wrapping array !!)

array_unshift1 ($a, array (&$v));

?>

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