{"id":1068,"date":"2021-04-12T15:18:44","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T15:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/phptutorial.net\/?page_id=1068"},"modified":"2025-04-06T03:15:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-06T03:15:20","slug":"php-array_push","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.phptutorial.net\/php-tutorial\/php-array_push\/","title":{"rendered":"PHP array_push"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong>: in this tutorial, you will learn how to add an element to the end of an array by using the PHP <code>array_push()<\/code> function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='introduction-to-the-php-array_push-function'>Introduction to the PHP array_push() function <a href=\"#introduction-to-the-php-array_push-function\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"introduction-to-the-php-array_push-function\" title=\"Anchor for Introduction to the PHP array_push() function\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>array_push()<\/code> function adds one or more elements to the end of an <a href=\"https:\/\/phptutorial.net\/php-tutorial\/php-array\/\">array<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The syntax of the <code>array_push()<\/code> function is as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-1\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\">array_push ( <span class=\"hljs-keyword\">array<\/span> &amp;$array , mixed ...$values ) : int<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-1\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this syntax:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><code>$array<\/code> is the input array.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><code>$values<\/code> is one or more elements to push onto the end of the input array.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>array_push()<\/code> function returns the new number of elements in the array.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"note\">Note that the <code>array_push()<\/code> function modifies the original array.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <code>array_push()<\/code> has the same effect as the following statement repeated for each new value:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-2\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\">$array&#91;] = $value;<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-2\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>If you just add one value to an array, you should use the statement <code>$array[] = $value;<\/code> to avoid the overhead of calling the <code>array_push()<\/code> function.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='php-array_push-function-examples'>PHP array_push() function examples <a href=\"#php-array_push-function-examples\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"php-array_push-function-examples\" title=\"Anchor for PHP array_push() function examples\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following example shows how to use the <code>array_push()<\/code> function to add multiple elements to the end of an array:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-3\" data-shcb-language-name=\"HTML, XML\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"xml\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-xml\"><span class=\"php\"><span class=\"hljs-meta\">&lt;?php<\/span>\n\n$numbers = &#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">3<\/span>];\n\narray_push($numbers, <span class=\"hljs-number\">4<\/span>, <span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>);\n\n\nprint_r($numbers);\n<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-3\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">HTML, XML<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">xml<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phptutorial.net\/playground\/?q=PD9waHAKCiRudW1iZXJzID0gWzEsIDIsIDNdOwoKYXJyYXlfcHVzaCgkbnVtYmVycywgNCwgNSk7CgoKcHJpbnRfcigkbnVtYmVycyk7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Try it<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-4\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Array<\/span>\n(\n    &#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">0<\/span>] =&gt; <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>\n    &#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>] =&gt; <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>\n    &#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>] =&gt; <span class=\"hljs-number\">3<\/span>\n    &#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">3<\/span>] =&gt; <span class=\"hljs-number\">4<\/span>\n    &#91;<span class=\"hljs-number\">4<\/span>] =&gt; <span class=\"hljs-number\">5<\/span>\n)<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-4\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this example, we push the numbers 4 and 5 to the end of the <code>$numbers<\/code> array.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id='push-an-element-to-the-end-of-an-associative-array'>Push an element to the end of an associative array <a href=\"#push-an-element-to-the-end-of-an-associative-array\" class=\"anchor\" id=\"push-an-element-to-the-end-of-an-associative-array\" title=\"Anchor for Push an element to the end of an associative array\">#<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To add an element to an associative array, you use the following syntax:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-5\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\">$array&#91;$key] = $value;<\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-5\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">PHP<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">php<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p>In this case, you can&#8217;t use the <code>array_push()<\/code> function. For example:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-6\" data-shcb-language-name=\"HTML, XML\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"xml\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-xml\"><span class=\"php\"><span class=\"hljs-meta\">&lt;?php<\/span>\n\n$roles = &#91;\n\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">'admin'<\/span> =&gt; <span class=\"hljs-number\">1<\/span>,\n\t<span class=\"hljs-string\">'editor'<\/span> =&gt; <span class=\"hljs-number\">2<\/span>\n];\n\n$roles&#91;<span class=\"hljs-string\">'approver'<\/span>] = <span class=\"hljs-number\">3<\/span>;\n\nprint_r($roles);<\/span><\/code><\/span><small class=\"shcb-language\" id=\"shcb-language-6\"><span class=\"shcb-language__label\">Code language:<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__name\">HTML, XML<\/span> <span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">(<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__slug\">xml<\/span><span class=\"shcb-language__paren\">)<\/span><\/small><\/pre>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/phptutorial.net\/playground\/?q=PD9waHAKCiRyb2xlcyA9IFsKCSdhZG1pbicgPT4gMSwKCSdlZGl0b3InID0-IDIKXTsKCiRyb2xlc1snYXBwcm92ZXInXSA9IDM7CgpwcmludF9yKCRyb2xlcyk7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Try it<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Output:<\/p>\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\" aria-describedby=\"shcb-language-7\" data-shcb-language-name=\"PHP\" data-shcb-language-slug=\"php\"><span><code class=\"hljs language-php\"><span class=\"hljs-keyword\">Array<\/span>\n(\n    &#91;admin] =&gt; 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