array Set::normalize ($list, $assoc = true, $sep = ',', $trim = true)

Normalizes a string or array list.

$a = array('Tree', 'CounterCache',
		'Upload' => array(
			'folder' => 'products',
			'fields' => array('image_1_id', 'image_2_id', 'image_3_id', 'image_4_id', 'image_5_id')));
$b =  array('Cacheable' => array('enabled' => false),
		'Limit',
		'Bindable',
		'Validator',
		'Transactional');
$result = Set::normalize($a);
/* $result now looks like:
	Array
	(
	    [Tree] => 
	    [CounterCache] => 
	    [Upload] => Array
	        (
	            [folder] => products
	            [fields] => Array
	                (
	                    [0] => image_1_id
	                    [1] => image_2_id
	                    [2] => image_3_id
	                    [3] => image_4_id
	                    [4] => image_5_id
	                )
	        )
	)
*/
$result = Set::normalize($b);
/* $result now looks like:
	Array
	(
	    [Cacheable] => Array
	        (
	            [enabled] => 
	        )

	    [Limit] => 
	    [Bindable] => 
	    [Validator] => 
	    [Transactional] => 
	)
*/
$result = Set::merge($a, $b); // Now merge the two and normalize
/* $result now looks like:
	Array
	(
	    [0] => Tree
	    [1] => CounterCache
	    [Upload] => Array
	        (
	            [folder] => products
	            [fields] => Array
	                (
	                    [0] => image_1_id
	                    [1] => image_2_id
	                    [2] => image_3_id
	                    [3] => image_4_id
	                    [4] => image_5_id
	                )

	        )
	    [Cacheable] => Array
	        (
	            [enabled] => 
	        )
	    [2] => Limit
	    [3] => Bindable
	    [4] => Validator
	    [5] => Transactional
	)
*/
$result = Set::normalize(Set::merge($a, $b));
/* $result now looks like:
	Array
	(
	    [Tree] => 
	    [CounterCache] => 
	    [Upload] => Array
	        (
	            [folder] => products
	            [fields] => Array
	                (
	                    [0] => image_1_id
	                    [1] => image_2_id
	                    [2] => image_3_id
	                    [3] => image_4_id
	                    [4] => image_5_id
	                )

	        )
	    [Cacheable] => Array
	        (
	            [enabled] => 
	        )
	    [Limit] => 
	    [Bindable] => 
	    [Validator] => 
	    [Transactional] => 
	)
*/

1. $a = array('Tree', 'CounterCache',
2. 'Upload' => array(
3. 'folder' => 'products',
4. 'fields' => array('image_1_id', 'image_2_id', 'image_3_id', 'image_4_id', 'image_5_id')));
5. $b = array('Cacheable' => array('enabled' => false),
6. 'Limit',
7. 'Bindable',
8. 'Validator',
9. 'Transactional');
10. $result = Set::normalize($a);
11. /* $result now looks like:
12. Array
13. (
14. [Tree] =>
15. [CounterCache] =>
16. [Upload] => Array
17. (
18. [folder] => products
19. [fields] => Array
20. (
21. [0] => image_1_id
22. [1] => image_2_id
23. [2] => image_3_id
24. [3] => image_4_id
25. [4] => image_5_id
26. )
27. )
28. )
29. */
30. $result = Set::normalize($b);
31. /* $result now looks like:
32. Array
33. (
34. [Cacheable] => Array
35. (
36. [enabled] =>
37. )
38. [Limit] =>
39. [Bindable] =>
40. [Validator] =>
41. [Transactional] =>
42. )
43. */
44. $result = Set::merge($a, $b); // Now merge the two and normalize
45. /* $result now looks like:
46. Array
47. (
48. [0] => Tree
49. [1] => CounterCache
50. [Upload] => Array
51. (
52. [folder] => products
53. [fields] => Array
54. (
55. [0] => image_1_id
56. [1] => image_2_id
57. [2] => image_3_id
58. [3] => image_4_id
59. [4] => image_5_id
60. )
61. )
62. [Cacheable] => Array
63. (
64. [enabled] =>
65. )
66. [2] => Limit
67. [3] => Bindable
68. [4] => Validator
69. [5] => Transactional
70. )
71. */
72. $result = Set::normalize(Set::merge($a, $b));
73. /* $result now looks like:
74. Array
75. (
76. [Tree] =>
77. [CounterCache] =>
78. [Upload] => Array
79. (
80. [folder] => products
81. [fields] => Array
82. (
83. [0] => image_1_id
84. [1] => image_2_id
85. [2] => image_3_id
86. [3] => image_4_id
87. [4] => image_5_id
88. )
89. )
90. [Cacheable] => Array
91. (
92. [enabled] =>
93. )
94. [Limit] =>
95. [Bindable] =>
96. [Validator] =>
97. [Transactional] =>
98. )
99. */