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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<refentry xml:id="function.array-replace" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>array_replace</refname>
<refpurpose>Replaces elements from passed arrays into the first array</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>array</type><methodname>array_replace</methodname>
<methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>array</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam rep="repeat"><type>array</type><parameter>replacements</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
<function>array_replace</function> creates a new array and assigns items into
it for each key in each of the provided arrays. If a key appears in multiple
input arrays, the value from the right-most input array will be used.
</para>
<para>
<function>array_replace</function> does not process elements items recursively,
it replaces the entire value for each key when it does a replacement.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>array</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The array in which elements are replaced.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>replacements</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Arrays from which elements will be extracted.
Values from later arrays overwrite the previous values.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns an <type>array</type>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>array_replace</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$base = array("orange", "banana", "apple", "raspberry");
$replacements = array(0 => "pineapple", 4 => "cherry");
$replacements2 = array(0 => "grape");
$basket = array_replace($base, $replacements, $replacements2);
var_dump($basket);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen role="php">
<![CDATA[
array(5) {
[0]=>
string(5) "grape"
[1]=>
string(6) "banana"
[2]=>
string(5) "apple"
[3]=>
string(9) "raspberry"
[4]=>
string(6) "cherry"
}
]]>
</screen>
</example>
<example>
<title>Example of how nested arrays are handled</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$base = [ 'citrus' => [ 'orange', 'lemon' ], 'pome' => [ 'apple' ] ];
$replacements = [ 'citrus' => [ 'grapefruit' ] ];
$replacements2 = [ 'citrus' => [ 'kumquat', 'citron' ], 'pome' => [ 'loquat' ] ];
$basket = array_replace($base, $replacements, $replacements2);
var_dump($basket);
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen role="php">
<![CDATA[
array(2) {
["citrus"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(7) "kumquat"
[1]=>
string(6) "citron"
}
["pome"]=>
array(1) {
[0]=>
string(6) "loquat"
}
}
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>array_replace_recursive</function></member>
<member><function>array_merge</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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