Combining php arrays

Question

I have the following arrays in PHP (okay they are a bit bigger but the idea is what counts).

$array1 = array(1 => 'a', 2 => 'b');
$array2 = array(3 => 'c', 4 => 'd');

Essentially I want to combine the two arrays as if it were something like this

$array3 = array(1 => 'a', 2 => 'b', 3 => 'c', 4 => 'd');

Thanks

Stefan Gehrig · Accepted Answer · 2008-10-20 12:04:43Z

27

Use

$array3 = $array1 + $array2;

See Array Operators

By the way: array_merge() does something different with the arrays given in the example:

$a1=array(1 => 'a', 2 => 'b');
$a2=array(3 => 'c', 4 => 'd');
print_r($a1+$a2);
Array
(
    [1] => a
    [2] => b
    [3] => c
    [4] => d
)
print_r(array_merge($a1, $a2));
Array
(
    [0] => a
    [1] => b
    [2] => c
    [3] => d
)

Note the different indexing.

answered Oct 20, 2008 at 12:04

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Gil · Accepted Answer · 2009-07-15 13:39:16Z

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You can check array_combine function.

answered Jul 15, 2009 at 13:39

Gil

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tonio · Accepted Answer · 2008-10-20 15:25:40Z

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array_merge only keeps STRING keys. You have to wrote your function for doing this

answered Oct 20, 2008 at 15:25

tonio

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