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change a php array element location?

ok i want to do this

$ar = ['a'=>5,'b'=>6,'c'=>7];//key a might occur anywhere in the array so

if(isset($ar['a']))

//insert code so $ar would be

$ar = ['b'=>6,'c'=>7,'a'=>5];

thanks

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  • Anonymous
    8 years ago
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    $ar = array('a'=>5,'b'=>6,'c'=>7);

    if (isset($ar['a'])) {

    $temp = array('a' => $ar['a']);

    unset($ar['a']);

    $ar = array_merge($ar, $temp);

    }

    Here's one ugly solution. I'm not sure why you would want to do this though.

    Check out another solution below.

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