How to add an array value to the middle of an associative array?
- by Citizen
Lets say I have this array:
$array = array('a'=>1,'z'=>2,'d'=>4);
Later in the script, I want to add the value 'c'=>3 before 'z'. How can I do this?
EDIT: Yes, the order is important. When I run a foreach() through the array, I do NOT want this newly added value added to the end of the array. I am getting this array from a mysql_fetch_assoc()
EDIT 2: The keys I used above are placeholders. Using ksort() will not achieve what I want.
EDIT 3: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-splice.php#88896 accomplishes what I'm looking for but I'm looking for something simpler.
EDIT 4: Thanks for the downvotes. I gave feedback to your answers and you couldn't help, so you downvoted and requested to close the question because you didn't know the answer. Thanks.
EDIT 5: Take a sample db table with about 30 columns. I get this data using mysql_fetch_assoc(). In this new array, after column 'pizza' and 'drink', I want to add a new column 'full_dinner' that combines the values of 'pizza' and 'drink' so that when I run a foreach() on the said array, 'full_dinner' comes directly after 'drink'
