Re: Proposal for a new array function

Matthew Setter wrote on 08/02/2016 14:32:

I want to propose a new PHP array method, called has_numeric_keys (or something similar/better), that would have the following method signature: bool has_numeric_keys(array $array)

I like it. I also suspect it could be implemented very efficiently in core, at least for certain special cases, which is a good reason not to just leave it in userland. For instance, as I understand it, some arrays in ZE3 (PHP7) are "packed" if they consist of (mostly?) sequential integers; any such array could instantly return true for this function. While on the other side, a polyfill with identical semantics but worse behaviour would be easy to provide as a composer package, reducing BC concerns. It would need an RFC, but that shouldn't be too hard to get drafted in this case. https://wiki.php.net/rfc/howto Regards, -- Rowan Collins [IMSoP]