Adding elements to array? - laravel

Question

How can I add more than one element to my keyed array?
array_add($myArray, 'key', 'a');
array_add($myArray, 'key-2', 'b');
Is there a better way?

Answer 1

There is no need for any other custom function because in PHP there is a built-in function for this and it's array_merge and you can use it like this:
$myArray = array('one' => 'TheOne', 'two' => 'TheTwo');
$array = array_merge($myArray, array('three' => 'TheThree', 'four' => 'TheFour'));
print_r($array);
Output:
Array
(
[one] => TheOne
[two] => TheTwo
[three] => TheThree
[four] => TheFour
)
You can also use this:
$myArray1 = array('one' => 'TheOne', 'two' => 'TheTwo');
$myArray2 = array('three' => 'TheThree', 'four' => 'TheFour');;
$array = $myArray1 + $myArray2;
print_r($array);
Output:
Array
(
[one] => TheOne
[two] => TheTwo
[three] => TheThree
[four] => TheFour
)

Answer 2

I prefer:
$myArray['key'] = 'a';
$myArray['key-2'] = 'b';
But this is not really better, because you're not adding more than one in a single command.
And if you really need to add multiple, you can always create a helper:
function array_add_multiple($array, $items)
{
foreach($items as $key => $value)
{
$array = array_add($items, $key, $value);
}
return $array;
}
And use it as
$array = array_add_multiple($array, ['key' => 'a', 'key-2' => 'b']);
or, if you're not using PHP 5.4:
$array = array_add_multiple($array, array('key' => 'a', 'key-2' => 'b'));

Answer 3

My custom "on the fly" method:
function add_to_array($key_value)
{
$arr = [];
foreach ($key_value as $key => $value) {
$arr[] = [$key=>$value];
}
return $arr;
}
dd(add_to_array(["hello"=>"from this array","and"=>"one more time","what"=>"do you think?"]));