Req #52425 [NEW]: array_shift/array_pop: add parameter that tells how many to elements to pop

From: Operating system: Linux PHP version: 5.3.3 Package: Unknown/Other Function Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:array_shift/array_pop: add parameter that tells how many to elements to pop Description: ------------ Description: It would be nice if functions array_pop and array_shift took a parameter that told how many elements to pop. Example: mixed array_pop ( array &$array , $num = 1 ) mixed array_shift ( array &$array , $num = 1 ) Test script: --------------- function array_pop_mine(array &$array, $num) { $removed = array(); while ($num > 0) { //$removed[] = array_pop($array); array_unshift($removed, array_pop($array)); --$num; } //return array_reverse($removed); return $removed; } $arr = array(3, 1, 4, 1, 5, 9); print_r($arr); $rem = array_pop_mine($arr, 3); print_r($arr); print_r($rem); Actual result: -------------- Array ( [0] => 3 [1] => 1 [2] => 4 [3] => 1 [4] => 5 [5] => 9 ) Array ( [0] => 3 [1] => 1 [2] => 4 ) Array ( [0] => 1 [1] => 5 [2] => 9 ) -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52425&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52425&r=mysqlcfg