Re: [RFC][Under Discussion] Add functions array_key_first()and array_key_last()

> > don't think I'm getting all the mail I am supposed to. I hope this gets > seen. > > I propose 2 functions *only* which I believe covers the use-cases that > all 4 of these do and more, with shorter names, and the ability to > discern whether the call succeeded or not. > > list($key, $value) = array_first($input); > // $key will be null if the call failed > > list($key, $value) = array_last($input); > // $key will be null if the call failed > > I have tested it with user-land functions and seems to work as > intended in all success and failure conditions. Verification that it > works as intended with internal functions is necessary but this seems > a much better proposal to me. > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php Hi Levi. I have plans to bring an array_find_first and array_find_last to the next PHP 7.x. It will basically work: $firstUserWithUsername = array_find_first(function (User $user): bool { return $user->username !== null; }, $users); Just wanted to point that to alert that someone is working on that :) -- Gabriel Caruso