Re: [PHP4BETA] no reverse fetch of arrays is BAD!

-- Faisal Nasim <faisal@nasim.org> wrote: > key ( $x ) returned the lower bound..... > > The definition for key(): > > key -- Fetch a key from an **associative** array > > Which caused me to skip it while checking the > array functions! Can anybody change/fix that? Well, actually all arrays in PHP are effectively associative arrays. "Normal" arrays (ie. resembling C arrays) are just associative arrays that happen to have consecutive integers begining with 0 as keys. The following creates a perfectly valid array with six values: $x[14] = 1; $x[0] = 2; $x["any string will do as a key"] = 3; $x[-6] = 4; $x[""] = 5; $x[9568] = 6; It may seem a bit wierd at first - I know it did for me - but this is definitely a *feature*. each() is a handy function for traversing this sort of array. If you want to go backwards I suggest array_reverse() first, then using each(). The other alternative - end()/prev()/key() - will stumble on the second (probably) and fifth items (definitely) of the above array. Enjoy, Colin ---------------------------------------------- Colin Putney cputney@whistler.net Whistler Networks http://www.whistler.net/