How can I implode an array while skipping empty array items?

Question

Perl\'s join() ignores (skips) empty array values; PHP\'s implode() does not appear to.

Suppose I have an array:

$array = a         


        

Answer 1

Try this:

if(isset($array))  $array = implode(",", (array)$array);

Answer 2

Try this:

$result = array();

foreach($array as $row) { 
   if ($row != '') {
   array_push($result, $row); 
   }
}

implode('-', $result);

Answer 3

Based on what I can find, I'd say chances are, there isn't really any way to use a PHP built in for that. But you could probably do something along the lines of this:

function implode_skip_empty($glue,$arr) {
      $ret = "";
      $len = sizeof($arr);
      for($i=0;$i<$len;$i++) {
          $val = $arr[$i];    
          if($val == "") {
              continue;
          } else {
            $ret .= $arr.($i+1==$len)?"":$glue;
          }
      }
      return $ret;
}