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I don't know about you, but I'm constantly adding things to my todo list. In this video we'll look at three ways php gives us to add elements to an array -- two of which let you add elements to the end of the array, and one which lets you add elements to the beginning of the array.
Documentation
- Arrays: add a new element to the end of an array, $array[] = 'New Element Value';
- array_push: push one or more elements onto the end of array.
- array_unshift: prepend one or more elements to the beginning of an array
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Now, that we have our first array set up.
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Let's look at some ways to make
changes to the contents of that array.
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We can add, remove, and
edit elements of our array.
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We'll be using some more
built in PHP functions, so
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it can be helpful to pull up
the manual for these functions.
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The first thing we should look at is
how to add new values to the array.
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I don't know about you, but I'm constantly
adding things to my to do List.
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I'll show you three ways PHP gives
us to add elements to an array.
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Two of which let you add elements
to the end of the array, and
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one which lets you add elements
to the beginning of the array.
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If you want to add one element at a time,
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the easiest way to do that is
to use the following format.
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The array learn, followed by opening and
closing square brackets,
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the assignment operator equal and
then our new value,
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build something awesome.
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Let's use the var_dump instead of implode,
so we can see some more details.
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Now, let's run our script.
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Now, we see all four elements and
PHP automatically assigned
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a numerical key to the new element
by incrementing the largest
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previously used integer key,
1 more than 2 is 3.
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The square brackets tell PHP to
add another element to the array.
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If instead of using square brackets,
we just assign to learn
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We override the entire array and
set learn equal to this new string.
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Let's remove that line.
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Another way to add elements is by using
one of PHP built in array functions.
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Let's check out the manual for
these functions.
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Open a browser and search for
PHP array functions.
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Click on PHP array functions manual.
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As you can see there are many functions
available to use with arrays.
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We'll be covering a few of these
functions in this course, but
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it's a good idea to familiarize
yourself with what's available.
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The first function we'll
look at is array push.
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This is a good choice, if you wanted
to add more than one element at a time.
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You first specify the array, and
then add additional elements each
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separated by comma, just like when
we originally assigned values.
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You can scroll down to see an example.
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Now let's go back to work spaces and
add some more items to our list.
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array_push, the name of our array learn,
and then our new items.
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Functions, forms and objects,
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and let's run the script.
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We can see these new values
added to the end of the array.
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Both of these options added
elements to the end of the array.
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There is a third option that lets us add
elements to the beginning of the array.
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Let's go back to the manual.
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If we scroll down,
you can see the see also heading,
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and there you'll find array_unshift.
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array_unshift works in
the same way as array_push.
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First, we specify the array, and
then we add additional elements.
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Each separated by a comma.
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Let's go back to work spaces.
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Let's add array_unshift,
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specify our array, learn, and
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then add our elements, HTML and CSS.
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Now let's pull the console up,
and run our script.
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Now we can see these two elements
added to the beginning of our array.
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The main difference is that array_unshift
will add elements to the beginning of
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the array, while array_push added
the elements to the end of the array.
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Another difference is how these
functions affect the array key index.
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Array push will add the next
index number in order, so
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if the array keys are one, three, five and
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you add another with your a push,
you will have one,
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three, five, six.
array_unshift will update the index.
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If you add another one to the beginning
now will have zero, one, two, three, four.
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We'll take a closer look at how the index
affects arrays in the next video.
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