RE: Newb question about getting keys/values from a single array element

> -----Original Message----- > From: Shawn McKenzie [mailto:nospam@mckenzies.net] > Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 5:32 AM > To: Daevid Vincent > Cc: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Re: Newb question about getting keys/values from a > single array element > > Daevid Vincent wrote: > > I feel like a total newb asking this, but I'm just having a > brain fart or > > something... > > > > I'm writing a page where I can either get back a list of items: > > > > Array { > > [1233] => "apple", > > [6342] => "apricot", > > [2345] => "banana", > > ... > > } > > > > where the user then refines it by choosing one single item > and a single > > element array is returned like this: > > > > Array { > > [8575] => "peach", > > } > > > > How can I get this $item so I can print it like so: > > > > echo "The ID is $id and the name is $name"; > > > > Normally with an array of items, I do a: > > > > foreach ($item as $id => $name) echo... > > > > But that seems overkill for this scenario. > > > > The rub is that I don't know the "id", so I can't use > $item[0], and I also > > don't have something like $item['name'] to use either. > > > > There's got to be an easy way to extract those. > > > > list($id, $name) = $operator; > > > > Felt like it would work for a minute (wishful thinking). > > > > > > (I'm too embarrased to even sign my name on this one) > > > > $a = array(8575 => 'peach'); > > $key = key($a); > $value = current($a); BRILLIANT! That's EXACTLY what I was looking for!