how do i merge two arrays? 1

[benedictbutlin]

i have 2 arrays 'my_names' and 'my_values'

my_names: Array
(
[0] => apple
[1] => peach
[2] => pear
[3] => banana
)

my_values: Array
(
[0] => red
[1] => pink
[2] => green
[3] => yellow
)

how would i merge them so values from 'my_name" become the keys for 'my_values', like so...

Array
(
[apple] => red
[peach] => pink
[pear] => green
[banana] => yellow
)

cheers!

 

[jpadie]

that's not really merging an array in the sense of a php merge.

programmatically this would work

function mergeArrays($keys, $values){
 if(!is_array($keys) || !is_array($values)) return false;
 if(count($keys) !== count($values)) return false;
 $return = array();
 foreach($keys as $i=>$val) $return[$val] = $values[$i];
 return $return;
}

more properly, however, this is known as array "combining" and php has a built in function that should work

$newArray = array_combine($keys, $values);

 

[benedictbutlin]

cheers jpadie!