PHP Function array_pad()

Syntax

array_pad ( $array, $pad_size, $pad_value );

Definition and Usage

Returns a copy of the array padded to size specified by pad_size with value pad_value.

If pad_size is positive then the array is padded on the right, if it's negative then on the left. If the absolute value of pad_size is less than or equal to the length of the input then no padding takes place. It is possible to add most 1048576 elements at a time.

Paramters

Parameter	Description
array	Required.Specifies an array.
pad_size	Required.Specifies the number of elements in the array returned from the function.
pad_value	Required.Specifies the value of the new elements in the array returned from the function.

Return Values

It returns the resulting array.

Example

Try out following example:

<?php $array1=array("a"=>"Horse","b"=>"Cat","c"=>"Dog"); print_r(array_pad($array1,7, "COW")); ?>

This will produce following result:

Array ( [a] => Horse [b] => Cat [c] => Dog [0] => COW [1] => COW [2] => COW [3] => COW )