Implemented new Utility method for combining arrays.

Classes/Utility/Div.php

@@ -34,6 +34,49 @@
 class Tx_Flexslider_Utility_Div
 {
 
+	/**
+	 * Better implementation of php's array_combine().
+	 * This wont throw false in case both array haven't an identical size.
+	 *
+	 * @static
+	 * @param array $a Array containing the keys.
+	 * @param array $b Array containing the values.
+	 * @param bool $pad Switch for allowing padding. Fills the combined array with empty values if any array is larger than the other one.
+	 * @return array Combined array.
+	 */
+	public static function combineArray($a, $b, $pad = true) {
+		$acount = count($a);
+		$bcount = count($b);
+		// more elements in $a than $b but we don't want to pad either
+		if (!$pad) {
+			$size = ($acount > $bcount) ? $bcount : $acount;
+			$a = array_slice($a, 0, $size);
+			$b = array_slice($b, 0, $size);
+		} else {
+			// more headers than row fields
+			if ($acount > $bcount) {
+				$more = $acount - $bcount;
+				// how many fields are we missing at the end of the second array?
+				// Add empty strings to ensure arrays $a and $b have same number of elements
+				$more = $acount - $bcount;
+				for($i = 0; $i < $more; $i++) {
+					$b[] = "";
+				}
+				// more fields than headers
+			} else if ($acount < $bcount) {
+				$more = $bcount - $acount;
+				// fewer elements in the first array, add extra keys
+				for($i = 0; $i < $more; $i++) {
+					$key = 'extra_field_0' . $i;
+					$a[] = $key;
+				}
+
+			}
+		}
+
+		return array_combine($a, $b);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the reference to a 'resource' in TypoScript.
 	 *