returns a standartized array following the scheme of $defaul_pairs(accepted_field => default_value) inserting the values of $atts if the field exists in $default_pairs

Array att_array_combine(array &default_pairs, $atts)

function att_array_combine($default_pairs, $atts) {
  $atts = (array)$atts;
  $combined = array();
  foreach($default_pairs as $name => $default) {
    if ( array_key_exists($name, $atts) )
      $combined[$name] = $atts[$name];
    else
      $combined[$name] = $default;
  }
  return $combined;
}

Array att_array_combine(array default_pairs atts)

function att_array_combine($default_pairs, $atts) {
  $atts = (array)$atts;
  $combined = array();
  foreach($default_pairs as $name => $default) {
    if ( array_key_exists($name, $atts) )
      $combined[$name] = $atts[$name];
    else
      $combined[$name] = $default;
  }
  return $combined;
}