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array_unshift

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array_unshiftAñadir al inicio de un array uno a más elementos

Descripción

array_unshift(array &$array, mixed $... = ?): int

array_unshift() añade los elementos pasados al inicio de array. Observe que la lista de elementos se añade como un todo, por lo que los elementos añadidos permanecen en el mismo orden. Todas las claves numéricas del array serán modificadas empezando a contar desde cero mientras que las claves literales no serán cambiadas.

Parámetros

array

El array de entrada.

...

Los valores a añadir al inicio.

Valores devueltos

Devuelve el nuevo número de elementos del array.

Historial de cambios

Versión Descripción
7.3.0 Esta función ahora puede ser llamada con un solo parámetro. Anteriormente, se requerían al menos dos parámetros.

Ejemplos

Ejemplo #1 Ejemplo de array_unshift()

<?php
$cola
= array("naranja", "banana");
array_unshift($cola, "manzana", "frambuesa");
print_r($cola);
?>

El resultado del ejemplo sería:

Array
(
    [0] => manzana
    [1] => frambuesa
    [2] => naranja
    [3] => banana
)

Ver también

  • array_shift() - Quita un elemento del principio del array
  • array_push() - Inserta uno o más elementos al final de un array
  • array_pop() - Extrae el último elemento del final del array

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User Contributed Notes 12 notes

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sergei at gmx dot net
17 years ago
You can preserve keys and unshift an array with numerical indexes in a really simple way if you'll do the following:

<?php
$someArray
=array(224=>'someword1', 228=>'someword2', 102=>'someword3', 544=>'someword3',95=>'someword4');

$someArray=array(100=>'Test Element 1 ',255=>'Test Element 2')+$someArray;
?>

now the array looks as follows:

array(
100=>'Test Element 1 ',
255=>'Test Element 2'
224=>'someword1',
228=>'someword2',
102=>'someword3',
544=>'someword3',
95=>'someword4'
);
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37
rsmith_NOSPAM_ at _NOSPAM_unitec dot ac dot nz
22 years ago
array_merge() will also reindex (see array_merge() manual entry), but the '+' operator won't, so...

<?php
$arrayone
=array("newkey"=>"newvalue") + $arrayone;
?>

does the job.
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35
Anonymous
13 years ago
Sahn's example almost works but has a small error. Try it like this if you need to prepend something to the array without the keys being reindexed and/or need to prepend a key value pair, you can use this short function:

<?php
function array_unshift_assoc(&$arr, $key, $val)
{
$arr = array_reverse($arr, true);
$arr[$key] = $val;
return =
array_reverse($arr, true);
}
?>
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daniel at smallboxcms dot com
9 years ago
Anonymous' associative version wasn't working for me, but it did with this small tweak:

function array_unshift_assoc(&$arr, $key, $val)
{
$arr = array_reverse($arr, true);
$arr[$key] = $val;
$arr = array_reverse($arr, true);
return $arr;
}
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amschroeder at gmail dot com
17 years ago
This becomes a nice little problem if you index your arrays out of order (while manually sorting). For example:

<?php
$recordMonths
[3] = '8/%/2006';
$recordMonths[4] = '7/%/2004';
$recordMonths[0] = '3/%/2007';
$recordMonths[1] = '2/%/2007';
$recordMonths[5] = '12/%/2000';
$recordMonths[6] = '11/%/2000';
$recordMonths[7] = '10/%/2000';
$recordMonths[2] = '1/%/2007';

for(
$i = 0; $i < count($recordMonths); $i++)
{
$singleMonth = $recordMonths[$i];
echo
"singleMonth: $singleMonth <br />";
}
array_unshift($recordMonths,'%');
for(
$i = 0; $i < count($recordMonths); $i++)
{
$singleMonth = $recordMonths[$i];
echo
"singleMonth: $singleMonth <br />";
}
?>

Produces:

singleMonth: 3/%/2007
singleMonth: 2/%/2007
singleMonth: 1/%/2007
singleMonth: 8/%/2006
singleMonth: 7/%/2004
singleMonth: 12/%/2000
singleMonth: 11/%/2000
singleMonth: 10/%/2000
singleMonth: %
singleMonth: 8/%/2006
singleMonth: 7/%/2004
singleMonth: 3/%/2007
singleMonth: 2/%/2007
singleMonth: 12/%/2000
singleMonth: 11/%/2000
singleMonth: 10/%/2000
singleMonth: 1/%/2007

It reindexes them based on the order they were created. It seems like if an array has all numeric indexes, then it should reindex them based on the order of their index. Just my opinion...
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php at electricsurfer dot com
20 years ago
even simpler unshifting of a reference !
<?php
/**
* @return int
* @param $array array
* @param $value mixed
* @desc Prepend a reference to an element to the beginning of an array. Renumbers numeric keys, so $value is always inserted to $array[0]
*/
function array_unshift_ref(&$array, &$value)
{
$return = array_unshift($array,'');
$array[0] =& $value;
return
$return;
}
?>
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robert dot wills at fuzzbrain dot uklinux dot net
22 years ago
Actually this problem with the keys getting reindexed only happens when the keys are numerical:

<?php

$a
= array("f"=>"five", "s" =>"six", "t" =>
"twenty");

print_r($a);
echo
"\n";
foreach(
$a as $key=>$val)
{
echo
"k: $key v: $val \n";
}

array_unshift($a, "zero");
print_r($a);
echo
"\n";
foreach(
$a as $key=>$val)
{
echo
"k: $key v: $val \n";
}
?>

Array
(
[f] => five
[s] => six
[t] => twenty
)

k: f v: five
k: s v: six
k: t v: twenty
Array
(
[0] => zero
[f] => five
[s] => six
[t] => twenty
)

k: 0 v: zero
k: f v: five
k: s v: six
k: t v: twenty
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eliasritter168667 at gmail dot com
1 year ago
This function helps if you want to prepend a key and value pair to the beginning of an array:

function array_kunshift(array $array, string|int $key, mixed $value): array {
return array_merge([$key => $value], $array);
}
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Richard Akindele
8 years ago
Another way to tack something to the beginning of an array is with array_merge().

$plans = array('AARP'=>'Senior', 'AAA'=>'Automobile Club');

$plans = array_merge(array("BAR"=>"Best Available Rate"), $plans);
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chris dot NoThxSpam dot given at hp dot com
21 years ago
If you need to change the name of a key without changing its position in the array this function may be useful.

<?php
function array_key_change($Old, $New, $In, $NewVal=NULL) {
$Temp = array();
while(isset(
$Temp[$Old]) == false) {
list(
$k, $v) = each($In);
$Temp[$k] = $v;
unset(
$In[$k]);
}
if(
$NewVal == NULL) {
$NewVal = $Temp[$Old];
}
unset(
$Temp[$Old]);
$Temp = array_reverse($Temp);
$In = array_merge(array($New=>$NewVal), $In);
while(list(
$k,$v) = each($Temp)) {
$In = array_merge(array($k=>$v), $In);
}
return(
$In);
}
?>
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sahn at hmc dot edu
23 years ago
If you need to prepend something to the array without the keys being reindexed and/or need to prepend a key value pair, you can use this short function:

<?php
function array_unshift_assoc(&$arr, $key, $val)
{
$arr = array_reverse($arr, true);
$arr[$key] = $val;
$arr = array_reverse($arr, true);
return
count($arr);
}
?>
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John Brooking
18 years ago
I had a need tonight to convert a numeric array from 1-based to 0-based, and found that the following worked just fine due to the "side effect" of renumbering:

<?php
array_unshift
( $myArray, array_shift( $myArray ));
?>
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