Laravel 5: Adding Elements to the Array with add

The add helper method adds the given $key and $value to an $array if the $key doesn't already exist within the given $array.

#Signature

The signature of the add method is:

1public static function add(
2    $array,
3    $key,
4    $value
5);

#Example Use

Consider the following code snippet:

 1use Illuminate\Support\Arr;
 2 
 3$myArray = [
 4    'animal' => 'Araripe Manakin',
 5    'plant'  => 'Pineland Wild Petunia'
 6];
 7 
 8$myArray  = Arr::add(
 9        $myArray,
10        'insect',
11        'Extatosoma Tiaratum'
12    );

the end result would be:

1array {
2    ["animal"] "Araripe Manakin"
3    ["plant"]  "Pineland Wild Petunia"
4    ["insect"] "Extatosoma Tiaratum"
5}

#Global array_add Helper Function

The array_add function is a shortcut to calling Arr::add. This function is declared in the global namespace.

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