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

Hi all, I just want to add some information that I feel it's missing in that discussion - I'm sorry if it was mentioned already. 1. It's already possible to extract the key and value of any index position of an array using array_slice: https://3v4l.org/mib99 2. "array_[key|value]_[first|last]($array)" is in my opinion not a good option as it lacks the possibility to extract key/value from any position. Something like "array_[key|value]_index($array, $index)" where $index would be the index position or negative index position from right. Thanks, Marc Am 21.06.2018 um 18:16 schrieb Larry Garfield:

On Tuesday, June 19, 2018 9:47:01 PM CDT Levi Morrison wrote:

I 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.

Can I vote "heck no" to any function that does multi-return, thus making it impossible to chain or pass directly to another function? That's an idiom that just doesn't make sense in PHP. --Larry Garfield