Re: Two new functions array_first() and array_last()

On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 3:43 PM Brandon Jackson <brandonja991@gmail..com> wrote: > > There is also a technique to make the return value [$key => $value] > > > instead of just a value, but this loses simplicity. > > Hmm, since the naming array_first and array_last doesn't clarify that > it's returning a key or a value. What if it returned both as ?[key, > value]. > > That opens quite a few use possibilities: > $first = array_first($array); > $value = $first[1] ?? throw new Exception(); > > [,$value] = array_first($array) ?? [null, null]; > [,$value] = array_first($array) ?? throw new Exception(); > This function signature can be accomplished by userland once we have array_key_first() and array_first(). It's much better to keep array_first() as simple as possible and let everyone build their own approach to go about it since we have so many approaches. -- Marco Deleu