array_padPHP ManualPrevNextarray_padarray_pad -- Pad array to the specified length with a value Descriptionarray 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. If pad_size is positive then the array is padded on the right, if it's negative then on the left. If the absolute value of pad_size is less than or equal to the length of the input then no padding takes place. Example 1. array_pad() example 1  2 $input = array (12, 10, 9); 3  4 $result = array_pad ($input, 5, 0); 5 // result is array (12, 10, 9, 0, 0) 6  7 $result = array_pad ($input, -7, -1); 8 // result is array (-1, -1, -1, -1, 12, 10, 9) 9  10 $result = array_pad ($input, 2, "noop"); 11 // not padded 12  PrevHomeNextarray_mergeUparray_pop