Can't concatenate 2 arrays in PHP
I've recently learned how to join 2 arrays using the + operator in PHP.
But consider this code...
$array = array('Item 1');
$array += array('Item 2');
var_dump($array);
Output is
array(1) { [0]=> string(6) "Item 1" }
Why does this not work? Skipping the shorthand and using $array = $array + array('Item 2')
does not work either. Does it have something to do with the keys?
Both will have a key of 0
, and that method of combining the arrays will collapse duplicates. Try using array_merge()
instead.
$arr1 = array('foo'); // Same as array(0 => 'foo')
$arr2 = array('bar'); // Same as array(0 => 'bar')
// Will contain array('foo', 'bar');
$combined = array_merge($arr1, $arr2);
If the elements in your array used different keys, the +
operator would be more appropriate.
$arr1 = array('one' => 'foo');
$arr2 = array('two' => 'bar');
// Will contain array('one' => 'foo', 'two' => 'bar');
$combined = $arr1 + $arr2;
Edit: Added a code snippet to clarify
Use array_merge()
See the documentation here:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.array-merge.php
Merges the elements of one or more arrays together so that the values of one are appended to the end of the previous one. It returns the resulting array.
+
is called the Union operator, which differs from a Concatenation operator (PHP doesn't have one for arrays). The description clearly says:
The + operator appends elements of remaining keys from the right handed array to the left handed, whereas duplicated keys are NOT overwritten.
With the example:
$a = array("a" => "apple", "b" => "banana");
$b = array("a" => "pear", "b" => "strawberry", "c" => "cherry");
$c = $a + $b;
array(3) {
["a"]=>
string(5) "apple"
["b"]=>
string(6) "banana"
["c"]=>
string(6) "cherry"
}
Since both your arrays have one entry with the key 0
, the result is expected.
To concatenate, use array_merge
.
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