Re: array_seek function

2010/3/16 Felix De Vliegher <felix.devliegher@gmail.com>: > Hi all > > I recently needed seek functionality in arrays, and couldn't find it in the regular set of > array functions, so I wrote a function for it. (Seek = getting an array value based on the position > (or offset, if you want to call it like that), and not the key of the item) > > Basically you can use it like this: > $input = array(3, 'bar', 'baz'); > echo array_seek($input, 2); // returns 'baz' > echo array_seek($input, 0); // returns 3 > echo array_seek($input, 5); // returns NULL, emits an out of range warning > > I was wondering if it's useful to add this to the family of array functions. I know there > is a somewhat similar thing in SPL (ArrayIterator::seek), but that doesn't work exactly like > what I was aiming for. > > Attached is a patch for the function against the 5.3 branch. If approved, I could add it to svn > + testcases + docs. Feedback please :-) > > > Kind regards, > Felix Hi Felix, What about adding a new int parameter to PHP array function: next() and prev() instead of adding a new one? Cheers, Patrick