Newbie -- Add to array?

[JREAM]

You can tell this causes an error:

$set = array(1, 2, 3, 4);
$set = array(5, 6, 7, ;

 

So I could do

$set = array(1, 2, 3, 4);
$set2 = array(5, 6, 7, ;
$all = array_merge($set, $set2);

 

And also

$set = array(1, 2, 3, 4);
$set[] = 5;
$set[] = 6;
// etc.

 

But is there a way to do like..

$set = array(1, 2, 3, 4);
$set .= array(5, 6, 7, ; // Notice the period

 

[.josh]

that's what the array_merge does.  Is there a particular reason why you can't do that (or the other things you mentioned)?