Re: [RFC] [Discussion] array_first() and array_last()
| From: | Larry Garfield | Date: | Mon, 07 Apr 2025 03:39:51 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: [RFC] [Discussion] array_first() and array_last() | ||
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On Sun, Apr 6, 2025, at 7:47 PM, Ayesh Karunaratne wrote:
>> On Mon, Apr 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM Bilge <bilge@scriptfusion.com> wrote:
>> ... [snip] I suggest first proving there is a
>> legitimate need.
>
> I did a quick GitHub search for a common pattern of accessing an array
> value by using the
array_key_first and
> array_key_last functions:
>
> ```php
> $value = $arr[array_key_first($results)];
> ```
>
> - [array_key_first(: over 3,700 results[^1]
> - [array_key_last(: over 4,300 results[^2]
>
> All of these hits can benefit from the proposed array_first and
> array_last.
Just registering that I am all for this RFC and look forward to using it.
--Larry Garfield