... Next . PHP 4 >= 4.0.0) array_pad -- Pad array to the specified length with a value . array array_pad ( array input, int pad_size, mixed pad_value) . array_pad() returns a copy of the input padded to size specified by pad_size with value pad_value . ... input = array (12, 10, 9); $result = array_pad ($input, 5, 0); // result is array (12, 10, 9, 0, 0) $result = array_pad ($input, -7, -1); // result is array (-1, -1, -1, -1, 12, 10, 9) $result = array_pad ($input, 2, "noop"); // not padded . ...