PHP 4.0 Bug #8953 Updated: in_array returning number of 'hits'

ID: 8953 Updated by: andrei Reported By: melvyn@idg.nl Old-Status: Open Status: Closed Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Assigned To: Comments: I would not want to do this, because it will slow down the execution of the scripts on average, since in_array() will have to traverse the entire array to produce the count you want, instead of just stopping at the first match. Try using count(array_keys($array, "foo")) - this will return the number of times "foo" occurs in $array. Previous Comments: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [2001-01-27 15:16:25] melvyn@idg.nl I'd like to see in_array returning the number of values matching, instead of just true/false. IMHO, it would not create any backwards compatibility problems, since 0 equals false anyway and > 0 equals true. It would make constructing dual-parameter descisions much easier. For example - a bounce script, where "bounce_count / day" > 6 AND "bounces /week" = 5. This is very hard to do now, but with in_array returning the number of hits, it takes out at least 2 loops and a seperate "counts" array. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full Bug description available at: http://bugs.php.net/?id=8953