array_unshift()

array_unshift - Prepend one or more elements to the beginning of an array

Syntax

int array_unshift (array &$array, mixed $var, mixed $...)

Arguments

• array - The input array.
• var - The prepended variable.
• ...

Description

array_unshift() prepends passed elements to the front of the array. Note that the list of elements is prepended as a whole, so that the prepended elements stay in the same order. All numerical array keys will be modified to start counting from zero while literal keys won't be touched.

Version

PHP 4, 5

Return value

Returns the new number of elements in the array.