note 97985 modified in function.current by danbrown

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Subject: note 97985 modified in function.current by danbrown
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current() works with functions returning an array, too. This is helpfull to get the first element of the returned array. Note that current() with functions always returns the first element, because there is no variable the array was assigned to (and therefore no pointer). Example: <?php //get the first element of the returned array $element = current(get_my_arrays()); ?> In addition, current() with functions will not behave as assumed if your function returns an array reference and modifies the arrays pointer, of course! --was-- current() works with functions returning an array, too. This is helpfull to get the first element of the returned array. Note that current() with functions always returns the first element, because there is no variable the array was assigned to (and therefore no pointer). Example: //get the first element of the returned array $element = current(get_my_arrays()); http://php.net/manual/en/function.current.php

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