Req #54739 [Opn->Wfx]: array_filter: optional parameter for max_items

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54739&edit=1 ID: 54739 Updated by: maarten@php.net Reported by: ajcoon at gmail dot com Summary: array_filter: optional parameter for max_items -Status: Open +Status: Wont fix Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Arrays related PHP Version: 5.3.6 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: So this is a hint to increase performance. You're probably much better off when filtering much closer by the logic which gathers the data (i.e. ORDER BY .. LIMIT). Also, some sort of slipper slope, one might argue a (sometimes micro) optimization when adding this parameter to a lot of array functions, and I don't think it all added parameters, documentation and edge cases are worth it. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2011-05-15 22:48:34] ajcoon at gmail dot com Description: ------------ Per this discussion on StackOverflow, I would like to recommend an additional, optional parameter be supported in array_filter. The parameter, named max_items (or similar) would be expected as an integer value >0, and used to return a max of n matching items in the search array. This is useful in the case where sort order is non-deterministic and the number of desired items is low relative to the length of the search array. Related discussion: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6010872/getting-a-value-from-an-array-in-php Test script: --------------- $objects = array_filter($myArray, function($item){ return $item->id == 91 }, 1); Expected result: ---------------- Expect array_filter to stop searching for additional matches once it reaches max_items number of matches. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=54739&edit=1