Laravel Miscellaneous Helper Function: data_fill

data_fill(&$target, $key, $value)

The data_fill helper function accomplishes the same fundamental task as the data_set helper function. The only difference is that the data_fill does not define an optional $overwrite parameter. data_fill internally makes a call to the data_set (discussed in the Laravel Miscellaneous Helper Function: data_set article) helper function with $overwrite set to false. This function does not overwrite data.

The following function calls are equivalent wand would produce the same results:

 1<?php
 2 
 3// Create a object to work with.
 4$testObject = new stdClass;
 5 
 6// Set data using `data_fill`.
 7data_fill($testObject, 'name', 'Jane');
 8 
 9// Set data using `data_set`.
10data_set($testObject, 'name', 'Jane', false);

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