... PHP 4 >= 4.0.0) array_merge -- Merge two or more arrays . array array_merge ( array array1, array array2 [, array ...]) . array_merge() merges the elements of two or more arrays together so that the values of one are appended to the end of the previous one. ... array1 = array ("color" => "red", 2, 4); $array2 = array ("a", "b", "color" => "green", "shape" => "trapezoid", 4); $result = array_merge ($array1, $array2); . ... See also array_merge_recursive() . ... array_merge_recursive ...