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array_merge vs just doing it [message #170287] Tue, 26 October 2010 23:13 Go to next message
Brian Smither is currently offline  Brian Smither
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I've studied array_merge and I know what it does regarding disparate
key/value pairs.

But what is the "strategy" of using array_merge when just assigning
key/values to the array would work just as well?

Ex.1:

// Existing array
$lang['front']['area1']="This is prime.";
$lang['front']['area2']="This is sub-prime.";

// New elements
$modd['front']['loc3']="This is new.";
$modd['front']['loc4']="This is new, too.";

// merge the two
$lang = array_merge($lang,$modd);


Ex.2:

// Existing array
$lang['front']['area1']="This is prime.";
$lang['front']['area2']="This is sub-prime.";

// New elements
$lang['front']['loc3']="This is new.";
$lang['front']['loc4']="This is new, too.";

// it just is
Re: array_merge vs just doing it [message #170288 is a reply to message #170287] Wed, 27 October 2010 01:17 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jerry Stuckle is currently offline  Jerry Stuckle
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On 10/26/2010 7:13 PM, Brian Smither wrote:
> I've studied array_merge and I know what it does regarding disparate
> key/value pairs.
>
> But what is the "strategy" of using array_merge when just assigning
> key/values to the array would work just as well?
>
> Ex.1:
>
> // Existing array
> $lang['front']['area1']="This is prime.";
> $lang['front']['area2']="This is sub-prime.";
>
> // New elements
> $modd['front']['loc3']="This is new.";
> $modd['front']['loc4']="This is new, too.";
>
> // merge the two
> $lang = array_merge($lang,$modd);
>
>
> Ex.2:
>
> // Existing array
> $lang['front']['area1']="This is prime.";
> $lang['front']['area2']="This is sub-prime.";
>
> // New elements
> $lang['front']['loc3']="This is new.";
> $lang['front']['loc4']="This is new, too.";
>
> // it just is
>
>
>
>

array_merge() is used when you have two different arrays containing data
already, i.e. from function calls, not when you're generating an array.

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Re: array_merge vs just doing it [message #170296 is a reply to message #170287] Wed, 27 October 2010 10:14 Go to previous message
alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX is currently offline  alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX
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El 27/10/2010 1:13, Brian Smither escribió/wrote:
> I've studied array_merge and I know what it does regarding disparate
> key/value pairs.
>
> But what is the "strategy" of using array_merge when just assigning
> key/values to the array would work just as well?

Almost all native functions can be replaced with ad-hoc alternatives
coded in plain PHP. Functions basically exist for your convenience so
you don't have to waste time reinventing the wheel and pasting the same
blocks of code again and again. In these case, I find it useful to be
able to merge arrays without the need of writing nested foreach loops
every time.


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