note 52775 added to function.end

Fix for unknown writer of 29-aug-2002. If you need to get a reference to the first or last element of an array, use these functions: function &first(&$array) { if (!is_array($array)) return null; if (!count($array)) return false; // like reset() reset($array); return $array[key($array)]; } function &last(&$array) { if (!is_array($array)) return null; if (!count($array)) return false; // like end() end($array); return $array[key($array)]; } Example (watch out - use as &last() and &first()): $a = array( 0 => 'less', 10 => 'ten', 20 => ' more'); if ($first = & first($a)) // not false or null $first = 'nothing'; if ($last = & last($a)) // not false or null $last = 'double'; Now $a is array( 0 => 'nothing', 10 => 'ten', 20 => ' double') ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.end.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+52775 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52775&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52775&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52775&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52775&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+52775&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+52775&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php