Prepends passed elements to the front of the array.
Syntax
array_unshift(array &$array, mixed ...$values): int
Parameters
arrayThe input array.
valuesThe values to prepend.
Return
Returns the new number of elements in the array.
Examples
1 · array values · one
<?
$array = array("apple", "banana", "coconut");
$values = "date";
array_unshift($array, $values);
print_r($array);
?>Array
(
[0] => date
[1] => apple
[2] => banana
[3] => coconut
)
2 · array values · multiple
<?
$array = array("apple", "banana", "coconut");
$values1 = "date";
$values2 = array("grape", "orange");
$values3 = array("pineapple", "strawberry", "watermelon");
array_unshift($array, $values1, $values2, $values3);
print_r($array);
?>Array
(
[0] => date
[1] => Array
(
[0] => grape
[1] => orange
)
[2] => Array
(
[0] => pineapple
[1] => strawberry
[2] => watermelon
)
[3] => apple
[4] => banana
[5] => coconut
)
3 · return
<?
$array = array("apple", "banana", "coconut");
$values1 = "date";
$values2 = array("grape", "orange");
$values3 = array("pineapple", "strawberry", "watermelon");
$return = array_unshift($array, $values1, $values2, $values3);
print_r($return);
?>6
