Re: How To Get Last Item Of An Array?

On Thursday 26 December 2002 03:34, Chris Wesley wrote: > On Wed, 25 Dec 2002, @ Nilaab wrote: > > I have an multi-dimensional array called $cat_data, which is info > > extracted from a MySQL DB. I want to retrieve the very last item of that > > array. How would I do that? I know the first item can be retrieved by > > simply asking for $cat_data[0][0], which contains an id number. But I > > can't figure out how to get the last item in that same array -- > > $cat_data[x][0] where x is the last item in the array. > > Naturally, the index of last item of an array is one less than the total > number of elements in the array. > > $num_elements = count( $cat_data ); > $last_element = $cat_data[$num_elements-1][0]; > // 0 being what you were seeking Or, if you don't need to keep $cat_data intact, you can use array_pop(). -- Jason Wong -> Gremlins Associates -> www.gremlins.biz Open Source Software Systems Integrators * Web Design & Hosting * Internet & Intranet Applications Development * /* When it is not necessary to make a decision, it is necessary not to make a decision. */