note 24684 added to function.array-fill

From: Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 17:59:46 +0000
Subject: note 24684 added to function.array-fill
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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: 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. -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-fill.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+24684 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+24684 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+24684

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