note 59892 added to function.array-keys

Here's how to get the first key, the last key, the first value or the last value of a (hash) array without explicitly copying nor altering the original array: <?php $array = array('first'=>'111', 'second'=>'222', 'third'=>'333'); // get the first key: returns 'first' print array_shift(array_keys($array)); // get the last key: returns 'third' print array_pop(array_keys($array)); // get the first value: returns '111' print array_shift(array_values($array)); // get the last value: returns '333' print array_pop(array_values($array)); ?> ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.array-keys.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+59892 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59892&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59892&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59892&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59892&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59892&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59892&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59892&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+59892&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php