Hi, Ok here is another patch written by my new intern (Ralf Willenbacher) which adds array_merge_clobber to the set of array functions. After a bit of pondering we think that array_merge_replace might be a better name for it. But that is just sugar on top once we agree on the principal.
Note: array_merge_clobber behaves a bit different than array_merge and array_merge_recursive and different than array addition. array array_merge_clobber ( array array1, array array2 [, array ...]) Essentially it does the following: It copies the first array and then overwrites any values that have the same key (numeric or string) or appends any values that have a key that is not yet defined by working recursively over the subsequent arrays. So values in array 2 overwrite values in array 1 that have the same key (numeric or string). And values in array 3 overwrite values in array 2 that have the same key (numeric or string). Etc. You can find the path here: http://www.backendmedia.com/php_patches/mergeclobber.patch Here is a little test script (with the implementation I made in PHP): http://www.backendmedia.com/php_patches/array_merge_clobber.php While working on this patch we found a bug in array_merge_recursive. But I will submit this in a separate mail. Regards, Lukas Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________ BackendMedia www.backendmedia.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linn Zwoch Smith GbR Pariser Str. 44 D-10707 Berlin Tel +49 30 83 22 50 00 Fax +49 30 83 22 50 07 -- PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
