note 42576 added to control-structures.foreach

The documentation above says "the internal pointer of the original array is advanced with the processing of the array". In my experience, it's more complicated than that. Maybe it's a bug in 4.3.2 that I'm using. If the array variable is created by =& assignment, then it works as described. You can use current() within the loop to see the next element. If the array variable is created by an = assignment, the foreach() doesn't advance the pointer. Instead you must use next() within the loop to peek ahead. The code below demonstrates. On my system, the output is the same for both blocks, though one uses next() and the other current(). $originalArray = array("first", "second", "third", "fourth", "fifth"); print "the array:\n"; print_r($originalArray); print "\noriginalArray with next():\n"; foreach ($originalArray as $step) { $afterThis = next($originalArray); print "$step,$afterThis\n"; } $aliasArray =& $originalArray; print "\naliasArray with current():\n"; foreach ($aliasArray as $step) { $afterThis = current($aliasArray); print "$step,$afterThis\n"; } ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.foreach.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+42576 Delete -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+42576&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+42576&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php