How to efficiently insert elements after another known (by key or pointer) element in a PHP array?

Question

Given an array:

$a = array(
    \'abc\',
    123,
    \'k1\'=>\'v1\',
    \'k2\'=>\'v2\',
    78,
    \'tt\',
    \'k3\'=>\'v3\'
);

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Answer 1

You could do it by splitting your array using array_keys and array_values, then splice them both, then combine them again.

$insertKey = 'k1';

$keys = array_keys($arr);
$vals = array_values($arr);

$insertAfter = array_search($insertKey, $keys) + 1;

$keys2 = array_splice($keys, $insertAfter);
$vals2 = array_splice($vals, $insertAfter);

$keys[] = "myNewKey";
$vals[] = "myNewValue";

$newArray = array_merge(array_combine($keys, $vals), array_combine($keys2, $vals2));