merge arrays

[poe]

 

if i have an array like so:

colorAry = array('grn1', 'grn2', 'grn3', 'blue1', 'blue2', 'red1', 'red2', 'red3', 'org1', 'org2')

 

and i have a second array like so:

altcolorAry = array('grn1a', 'blue1a', 'red1a')

 

then i shuffle(colorAry) so my colorAry now looks like::

newcolorAry = array('red2', 'org1', 'grn2', 'blue1', 'grn3', 'red1', 'grn1', 'red3', 'blue2', 'org2')

 

how do i add the contents of altcolorAry so that it will fit in alpha/numericly:

'grn1a' so that it fits in after grn1

'blue1a' so that it fits in after blue1

'red1a' so that it fits in after red1

newcolorAry = array('red2', 'org1', 'grn2', 'blue1', 'blue1a', 'grn3', 'red1' 'red1a', 'grn1', 'grn1a', 'red3', 'blue2', 'org2')

 

thanks

chris

[sasa]

try

<?php
function ar_add_fit($arr, $add){
$t = array_merge($arr, $add);
sort($t);
$i = 0;
$out = array();
$tmp = array();
while (in_array($t[$i], $add)){
	$out[] = $t[$i];
	$i++;
}
for (;$i < count($t){
	$k = $t[$i];
	$tmp[$k] = array();
	$i++;
	while (in_array($t[$i], $add)){
		$tmp[$k][] = $t[$i];
		$i++;
	}
}
foreach ($arr as $k){
	$out[] = $k;
	foreach ($tmp[$k] as $v) $out[] = $v;
}
return $out;
}

$colorAry = array('grn1', 'grn2', 'grn3', 'blue1', 'blue2', 'red1', 'red2', 'red3', 'org1', 'org2');
$altcolorAry = array('grn1a', 'blue1a', 'red1a');
shuffle($colorAry);
$y = ar_add_fit($colorAry, $altcolorAry);
print_r($y);
?>

[poe]

awsome... thanks

 

 

can you explain a bit so i can try learn what you did

 

thanks