it should be noted that an array with one or no elements works fine. for example:
<?php
$a1 = array("1","2","3");
$a2 = array("a");
$a3 = array();
echo "a1 is: '".implode("','",$a1)."'<br>";
echo "a2 is: '".implode("','",$a2)."'<br>";
echo "a3 is: '".implode("','",$a3)."'<br>";
?>
will produce:
===========
a1 is: '1','2','3'
a2 is: 'a'
a3 is: ''
implode
(PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7)
implode — Join array elements with a string
Description
implode
( string
$glue
, array $pieces
) : string
implode
( array
$pieces
) : string
Join array elements with a glue string.
Note:
implode() can, for historical reasons, accept its parameters in either order. For consistency with explode(), however, it may be less confusing to use the documented order of arguments.
Parameters
-
glue -
Defaults to an empty string.
-
pieces -
The array of strings to implode.
Return Values
Returns a string containing a string representation of all the array elements in the same order, with the glue string between each element.
Examples
Example #1 implode() example
<?php
$array = array('lastname', 'email', 'phone');
$comma_separated = implode(",", $array);
echo $comma_separated; // lastname,email,phone
// Empty string when using an empty array:
var_dump(implode('hello', array())); // string(0) ""
?>
Notes
Note: This function is binary-safe.
See Also
- explode() - Split a string by a string
- preg_split() - Split string by a regular expression
- http_build_query() - Generate URL-encoded query string
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User Contributed Notes 10 notes
houston_roadrunner at yahoo dot com ¶
10 years ago
omar dot ajoue at kekanto dot com ¶
6 years ago
Can also be used for building tags or complex lists, like the following:
<?php
$elements = array('a', 'b', 'c');
echo "<ul><li>" . implode("</li><li>", $elements) . "</li></ul>";
?>
This is just an example, you can create a lot more just finding the right glue! ;)
ASchmidt at Anamera dot net ¶
10 months ago
It's not obvious from the samples, if/how associative arrays are handled. The "implode" function acts on the array "values", disregarding any keys:
<?php
declare(strict_types=1);
$a = array( 'one','two','three' );
$b = array( '1st' => 'four', 'five', '3rd' => 'six' );
echo implode( ',', $a ),'/', implode( ',', $b );
?>
outputs:
one,two,three/four,five,six
Felix Rauch ¶
3 years ago
It might be worthwhile noting that the array supplied to implode() can contain objects, provided the objects implement the __toString() method.
Example:
<?php
class Foo
{
protected $title;
public function __construct($title)
{
$this->title = $title;
}
public function __toString()
{
return $this->title;
}
}
$array = [
new Foo('foo'),
new Foo('bar'),
new Foo('qux')
];
echo implode('; ', $array);
?>
will output:
foo; bar; qux
php.net {at} nr78 {dot} net ¶
14 years ago
Also quite handy in INSERT statements:
<?php
// array containing data
$array = array(
"name" => "John",
"surname" => "Doe",
"email" => "j.doe@intelligence.gov"
);
// build query...
$sql = "INSERT INTO table";
// implode keys of $array...
$sql .= " (`".implode("`, `", array_keys($array))."`)";
// implode values of $array...
$sql .= " VALUES ('".implode("', '", $array)."') ";
// execute query...
$result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
?>
alexey dot klimko at gmail dot com ¶
8 years ago
If you want to implode an array of booleans, you will get a strange result:
<?php
var_dump(implode('',array(true, true, false, false, true)));
?>
Output:
string(3) "111"
TRUE became "1", FALSE became nothing.
Anonymous ¶
6 years ago
It may be worth noting that if you accidentally call implode on a string rather than an array, you do NOT get your string back, you get NULL:
<?php
var_dump(implode(':', 'xxxxx'));
?>
returns
NULL
This threw me for a little while.
masterandujar ¶
7 years ago
Even handier if you use the following:
<?php
$id_nums = array(1,6,12,18,24);
$id_nums = implode(", ", $id_nums);
$sqlquery = "Select name,email,phone from usertable where user_id IN ($id_nums)";
// $sqlquery becomes "Select name,email,phone from usertable where user_id IN (1,6,12,18,24)"
?>
Be sure to escape/sanitize/use prepared statements if you get the ids from users.
Anonymous ¶
4 years ago
null values are imploded too. You can use array_filter() to sort out null values.
<?php
$ar = array("hello", null, "world");
print(implode(',', $ar)); // hello,,world
print(implode(',', array_filter($ar, function($v){ return $v !== null; }))); // hello,world
?>
admin at lanlink dot net dot au ¶
2 years ago
It is possible for an array to have numeric values, as well as string values. Implode will convert all numeric array elements to strings.
<?php
$test=implode(["one",2,3,"four",5.67]);
echo $test;
//outputs: "one23four5.67"
?>
