Add syntactic sugar for arrays use as array_merge()

[korenevskiy]

Please add syntactic sugar for arrays.

$array1 .= $addArray;

what is the equivalent of array_merge($array1, $addArray)
I know that there is an array unpacking, but it's not the same thing.

$array = [...$array, ...$addArray];

But you can see the difference, my sentence is short, locanic, and easy to read.

[jdreesen]

Is $addArray an array itself?
If not, it would be the equivalent of array_merge($array1, [$addArray]) (note the []).
If it is, it should be [...$array, ...$addArray], right?

[korenevskiy]

Is $addArray an array itself?
If not, it would be the equivalent of array_merge($array1, [$addArray]) (note the []).

of course $addArray is an array.
If $addArray wasn't an array, then there's no point in this idea since it would be equivalent to $array1[] = $addItem;.
But I also propose the idea of merging only arrays, similar to array_merge() like $array1 .= $addArray;

If it is, it should be [...$array, ...$addArray], right?

You're right, I made a typo, I need to write ...$addArray, not $addArray.