Published in Laravel 5

Laravel 5: Adding Elements to the Array with add

By John Koster

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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