Req #16119 [Opn->Wfx]: Swapping two elements of an array

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=16119&edit=1 ID: 16119 Updated by: aharvey@php.net Reported by: joho at webbplatsen dot se Summary: Swapping two elements of an array -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request -Package: Feature/Change Request +Package: *General Issues Operating System: All PHP Version: 4.1.2 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Fair point. Not really convinced we need this in the language anyway: it's easy enough to implement in userspace. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-03-14 00:53:05] uramihsayibok at gmail dot com You can do this in one statement with list(). list($ar[1], $ar[0]) = array($ar[0], $ar[1]); Note that due to how list() works you CANNOT use a shorthand of list($ar[1], $ar[0]) = $ar; ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2002-03-16 18:52:05] joho at webbplatsen dot se I must be getting old, but I cannot seem to find a function that swaps the data of two array entries. Like so: $ar[0] = "second"; $ar[1] = "first"; array_swap ($ar, 0, 1); I have not overlooked the sort functions, that is not what I am after. But I may have overlooked other possibilities. Searching for "swap" in the PHP .CHM (fairly recent) yielded no hits. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=16119&edit=1