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Programming Language

PHP [Versions: 4, 5, 7, 8]

Syntax

Typical Usage

Converting array to strings.

Accepted Parameters

  • separator (string) (Required): The string to be used as a separator. May be an empty string.
  • array (array) (Required): The array whose elements should be concatenated into a string.

Return Value(s)

Returns a string of each array element separated by the separator.

Examples

Example 1

<?php
$pets_array = ['dogs', 'cats', 'birds', 'fish'];
$pets = implode(', ', $pets_array);
print_r('Her pets include ' . $pets . '.');

The above will output: “Her pets include dogs, cats, birds, fish.”. We can make this a bit better with array_pop() in the next example;

Example 2: Use implode() and array_pop() to Separate An Array’s Last Element with “and”

<?php
$pets_array = ['dogs', 'cats', 'birds', 'fish'];

if( count($pets_array) ) {
    
    // Remove the last element from the array and store it as last_pet
    $last_pet = array_pop($pets_array);

    $string = 'Her pets include ';
    
    // Since we remove the last element with array_pop(), we need to check that the original array still has something
    if( count($pets_array)) {
        $string .= implode(', ', $pets_array) . ' and ' . $last_pet . '.';
    }
    // Else we just return that popped element
    else {
        $string .= $last_pet . '.';
    }
    
}
else {
    $string = 'She has no pets.';
}
$pets = implode(', ', $pets_array);

print_r($string);

With array_pop(), we can add “and” (or “or”) to the last element. The above will output: “Her pets include dogs, cats, birds and fish.”

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