Re: [DRAFT] RFC - array_column() function

On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Ben Ramsey <ramsey@php.net> wrote: > On 6/22/12 5:32 AM, Léo Peltier wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Shouldn't this be called 'array_pluck'? >> This is the name people usually use when implementing it in PHP (see >> "array_pluck(" vs "array_column(" in Google) or in other languages/libs >> (see underscorejs, prototypejs and RoR). >> >> > I'm open to changing or aliasing the name to array_pluck(), if others are > in agreement. +1 on using array_pluck. The term 'column' makes a lot of sense for PDO working with database columns, but there is no concept of a 'column' in the array structure or PHP as a whole, outside of database related functions. - Tom Sartain