Re: foreach and current()

On 18.11.13, 18:14, Nicolai Scheer wrote: > Hi all! > > Has it been always the way, that it is not possible to use current() in a > foreach loop? > > Just stumbled upon (using php 5.5.5): > > $arr = array( "a", "b", "c" ); > > foreach( $arr as $entry ) > { > #var_dump( current($arr) ); > } > > var_dump( current($arr) ); > > Which yields "false", because the internal array pointer points behind the > last element of $arr. > If I uncomment the inner var_dump(), the script outputs "b" four times. > This seems odd... I know that the documentation advises not to fiddle with > the internal array pointer in a foreach loop, but current() should not > affect it in any way and therefor should be safe to use. > > Does anyone know what the reasoning behind this behavious is? current() implementation predates foreach and is totally separate. Main difference is, that current()'s "pointer" is attached to the array, and foreach's pointer is external. so you can not run several each()/current() loops on array at the same time, but you can have any number of nested foreach's iterating over the same array independently. They can't really be combined because of backwards compatibility -- Alexey Zakhlestin CTO at Grids.by/you https://github.com/indeyets PGP key: http://indeyets.ru/alexey.zakhlestin.pgp.asc

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