array_unshift

(PHP 4 )

array_unshift --  Prepend one or more elements to the beginning of array

Description

int array_unshift ( array array, mixed var [, mixed ...])

array_unshift() prepends passed elements to the front of the array. Note that the list of elements is prepended as a whole, so that the prepended elements stay in the same order.

Returns the new number of elements in the array.

Example 1. array_unshift() example

$queue = array ("orange", "banana");
array_unshift ($queue, "apple", "raspberry");

This would result in $queue having the following elements:
Array
(
    [0] => apple
    [1] => raspberry
    [2] => orange
    [3] => banana
)

See also array_shift(), array_push(), and array_pop().