Re: array position isfirst / islast / valid ?

Hi Oskar 2010/1/2 Oskar Eisemuth <patchnow@gmail.com>: > Hello > > Would it be possible to add functions to know the relative internal array > position? > > I found "[PHP-DEV] RFC array functions" from 2006, but nothing really > changed. > > The need to use next, prev in combination is ridiculous compared to a clean > array_hasmore or array_pos_islast, as the internals already know this. > To get an array_valid_position or array_pos_isvalid wouldn't be bad either. > > So would it possible to introduce: > How about just array_pos() if any. The remaining functions can easily be implemented in userland like: function array_pos_isfirst(Array &$array) { return array_pos($array) == 0; } function array_pos_islast(Array &$array) { return array_pos($array) == (sizeof($array) - 1); } I don't think it should be needed to add array_pos_isvalid(), since it *shouldn't* be possible to point to an invalid position. Rather "isset($array['key'])" should be used to check if a position is valid. -- regrads, Kalle Sommer Nielsen kalle@php.net