How to add elements to the beginning of an array in PHP

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Answer: Use the PHP array_unshift() function

You can use the PHP array_unshift() function to insert one or more elements or values to the beginning of an array. Let's check out an example to see how it works:

<?php
$skills = array("HTML5", "CSS3", "JavaScript");
 
// Prepend array with new items
array_unshift($skills, "Illustrator", "Photoshop");
print_r($skills);
?>

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