RE: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [Discussion] array_get and array_has functions

From: Barel <barel.barelon@gmail.com> Sent: Saturday, April 4, 2026 5:06 PM To: PHP internals <internals@lists.php.net> Subject: [PHP-DEV] [RFC] [Discussion] array_get and array_has functions Hi, I would like to open the discussion on my proposal to add two small, focused array functions for retrieving and checking nested array elements using dot notation. This is the link to the RFC: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/array_get_and_array_has This is the link to the proposed implementation: https://github.com/php/php-src/pull/21637 Thanks!! Carlos Hey, Very useful functions! Why did you decide to not handle keys with dots? It would prevent these functions from being used in tools that might sometimes receive something like example.comas the key. The similar userland functions that I’ve seen do at least support the exact dotted key as well, even if not offering a full dotted<->nested equivalence with priority rules, partial nested-dotted and other fun stuff. I’ve also found it quite useful to have [‘user.name’ => ‘Alice’] be equivalent to [‘user’ => [‘name’ => ‘Alice’]] for testing/mocking more complex structures. BR, Juris