Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [RFC] array_key_(first|last|index) functions proposal

2016-01-04 Thread Rowan Collins
On 04/01/2016 17:05, Andrea Faulds wrote: How often would such functions be useful? Perhaps they fill a gap, but I'm not sure if it's one that needs filling. array_key_first and array_key_last can already be accomplished in two or so lines of code (four if you make a function), and array_key_in

Re: [PHP-DEV] Re: [RFC] array_key_(first|last|index) functions proposal

2016-01-04 Thread John Bafford
Hi Andrea, > On Jan 4, 2016, at 12:05, Andrea Faulds wrote: > > Hi John, > > John Bafford wrote: >> Happy New Year, everyone! >> >> I’d like to present the first new PHP RFC for this year, a proposal to add >> functions to easily get the first, last, or an arbitrary key (and value) by >> ind

[PHP-DEV] Re: [RFC] array_key_(first|last|index) functions proposal

2016-01-04 Thread Andrea Faulds
Hi John, John Bafford wrote: Happy New Year, everyone! I’d like to present the first new PHP RFC for this year, a proposal to add functions to easily get the first, last, or an arbitrary key (and value) by index from an array, taking advantage of PHP’s property that arrays are ordered maps.