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Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 11:37:20 +0200
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To: Aleksander Machniak <alec@alec.pl>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Two new functions array_first() and array_last()
From: landers.robert@gmail.com (Robert Landers)

On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 11:34=E2=80=AFAM Aleksander Machniak <alec@alec.pl>=
 wrote:
>
> On 17.10.2023 11:29, Robert Landers wrote:
> > $value =3D array_value_first($array, $key);
> > if($key =3D=3D=3D null) // handle error
> > else // do something with $value
> >
> > You can also freely ignore the key, if you don't need it or care about
> > error checking. That would save doing two function calls on the same
> > array, just to do some error checking.
> >
>
> Please, no. What's wrong with count() or empty()?
>
> +1 for array_first() and array_last(). The only problem is probably a
> big BC break. I myself have array_first() defined in my framework.
>
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Hey Aleksander,

> Please, no. What's wrong with count() or empty()?

Nothing. Why not either one? You don't have to use the $key variable
and you can use count() or empty(), but for me personally, it makes a
lot of sense.