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14 years ago
Prefix array values with keys and retrieve as a glued string, the original array remains unchanged. I used this to create some SQL queries from arrays.

<?php

function array_implode_prefix($outer_glue, $arr, $inner_glue, $prefix=false){
    array_walk( $arr , "prefix", array($inner_glue, $prefix) );
    return implode($outer_glue, $arr);
}

function prefix(&$value, $key, array $additional){
    $inner_glue = $additional[0];
    $prefix = isset($additional[1])? $additional[1] : false;
    if($prefix === false) $prefix = $key;

    $value = $prefix.$inner_glue.$value;
}

//Example 1:
$order_by = array("3"=>"ASC", "2"=>"DESC", "7"=>"ASC");
echo array_implode_prefix(",", $order_by, " ");
//Output: 3 ASC,2 DESC,7 ASC

//Example 2:
$columns = array("product_id", "category_id", "name", "description");
$table = "product";

echo array_implode_prefix(", ", $columns, ".", $table);
//Output:product.product_id, product.category_id, product.name, product.description 

//Example 3 (function prefix) won't really be used on its own
$pre= "vacation";
$value = "lalaland";
prefix($value, $pre, array("."));
echo $value;

//Output: vacation.lalaland

?>
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