--TEST-- Test array_unshift() function : usage variations - double quoted strings for 'var' argument --FILE-- "first", "s" => 'second', 1, 2.222); // different variations of double quoted strings to be passed to $var argument $vars = array ( "\$ -> This represents the dollar sign. hello dollar!!!", "\t\r\v The quick brown fo\fx jumped over the lazy dog", "This is a text with special chars: \!\@\#\$\%\^\&\*\(\)\\", "hello world\\t", "This is \ta text in bold letters\r\s\malong with slashes\n : HELLO WORLD\t" ); // loop through the various elements of $arrays to test array_unshift() $iterator = 1; foreach($vars as $var) { echo "-- Iteration $iterator --\n"; $temp_array = $array; // assign $array to another temporary $temp_array /* with default argument */ // returns element count in the resulting array after arguments are pushed to // beginning of the given array var_dump( array_unshift($temp_array, $var) ); // dump the resulting array var_dump($temp_array); /* with optional arguments */ // returns element count in the resulting array after arguments are pushed to // beginning of the given array $temp_array = $array; var_dump( array_unshift($temp_array, $var, "hello", 'world') ); // dump the resulting array var_dump($temp_array); $iterator++; } echo "Done"; ?> --EXPECTF-- *** Testing array_unshift() : double quoted strings for $var argument *** -- Iteration 1 -- int(5) array(5) { [0]=> string(53) "$ -> This represents the dollar sign. hello dollar!!!" ["f"]=> string(5) "first" ["s"]=> string(6) "second" [1]=> int(1) [2]=> float(2.222) } int(7) array(7) { [0]=> string(53) "$ -> This represents the dollar sign. hello dollar!!!" [1]=> string(5) "hello" [2]=> string(5) "world" ["f"]=> string(5) "first" ["s"]=> string(6) "second" [3]=> int(1) [4]=> float(2.222) } -- Iteration 2 -- int(5) array(5) { [0]=> string(49) " The quick brown fo x jumped over the lazy dog" ["f"]=> string(5) "first" ["s"]=> string(6) "second" [1]=> int(1) [2]=> float(2.222) } int(7) array(7) { [0]=> string(49) " The quick brown fo x jumped over the lazy dog" [1]=> string(5) "hello" [2]=> string(5) "world" ["f"]=> string(5) "first" ["s"]=> string(6) "second" [3]=> int(1) [4]=> float(2.222) } -- Iteration 3 -- int(5) array(5) { [0]=> string(55) "This is a text with special chars: \!\@\#$\%\^\&\*\(\)\" ["f"]=> string(5) "first" ["s"]=> string(6) "second" [1]=> int(1) [2]=> float(2.222) } int(7) array(7) { [0]=> string(55) "This is a text with special chars: \!\@\#$\%\^\&\*\(\)\" [1]=> string(5) "hello" [2]=> string(5) "world" ["f"]=> string(5) "first" ["s"]=> string(6) "second" [3]=> int(1) [4]=> float(2.222) } -- Iteration 4 -- int(5) array(5) { [0]=> string(13) "hello world\t" ["f"]=> string(5) "first" ["s"]=> string(6) "second" [1]=> int(1) [2]=> float(2.222) } int(7) array(7) { [0]=> string(13) "hello world\t" [1]=> string(5) "hello" [2]=> string(5) "world" ["f"]=> string(5) "first" ["s"]=> string(6) "second" [3]=> int(1) [4]=> float(2.222) } -- Iteration 5 -- int(5) array(5) { [0]=> string(70) "This is a text in bold letters \s\malong with slashes : HELLO WORLD " ["f"]=> string(5) "first" ["s"]=> string(6) "second" [1]=> int(1) [2]=> float(2.222) } int(7) array(7) { [0]=> string(70) "This is a text in bold letters \s\malong with slashes : HELLO WORLD " [1]=> string(5) "hello" [2]=> string(5) "world" ["f"]=> string(5) "first" ["s"]=> string(6) "second" [3]=> int(1) [4]=> float(2.222) } Done