note 25317 added to function.array-pad

OR you could do this $myArr = array(2 => 'three', 3 => 'four'); $newArr = array_pad(array(), 4, 'FILLED'); $newArr =$myArr+$newArr; This gives your desired result BUT the ordering is a little wierd, because of the order they were added. Indexes are okay though and that is what you wanted. print_r($newArr) outputs Array ( [2] => three [3] => four [0] => FILLED [1] => FILLED ) hope this helps -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-pad.php http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+25317 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+25317 http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+25317