Req #60684 [Com]: Add 'last' & 'first' blocks next to 'foreach' block

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60684&edit=1 ID: 60684 Comment by: phristen at yahoo dot com Reported by: aram_alipoor2010 at yahoo dot com Summary: Add 'last' & 'first' blocks next to 'foreach' block Status: Open Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Arrays related Operating System: All PHP Version: 5.4.0RC5 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I'm onboard with loop { } else { } construct, but this is an overkill. I'd much rather have 2 additional array functions: is_array_last(array $array) and is_array_first(array $array)... Of course, I don't insist on these function names, but they should basically return true or false when array pointer is at the first position, or at the last position. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2012-01-08 06:41:49] aram_alipoor2010 at yahoo dot com Description: ------------ There are a lot of situations that we want our foreach loop act different for first and/or last item. It will be so easy if php add these to concepts as blocks next to foreach. Compiler will run 'first' block for first item, and 'last' block for last item, and normal 'foreach' block for anything in between. The only special case is when array has only one item, in this situation only 'first' block will act. See example at test script. Test script: --------------- foreach($array as $key => $value) { $str .= $key . ' = "'.$value.'",'; } first { $str .= '(' . $key . ' = "'.$value.'",'; } last { $str .= $key . ' = "'.$value.'")'; } ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60684&edit=1