array_unshift
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
array_unshift — Prepend one or more elements to the beginning of an array
Description
array_unshift() prepends passed elements to the front
of the array. Note that the list of elements is
prepended as a whole, so that the prepended elements stay in the same
order. All numerical array keys will be modified to start counting from
zero while literal keys won't be touched.
Parameters
-
array -
The input array.
-
var -
The prepended variable.
Return Values
Returns the new number of elements in the array.
Examples
Example #1 array_unshift() example
<?php
$queue = array("orange", "banana");
array_unshift($queue, "apple", "raspberry");
print_r($queue);
?>
The above example will output:
Array
(
[0] => apple
[1] => raspberry
[2] => orange
[3] => banana
)
See Also
- array_shift() - Shift an element off the beginning of array
- array_push() - Push one or more elements onto the end of array
- array_pop() - Pop the element off the end of array
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