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Date: Tue, 17 Oct 2023 12:06:08 -0400
To: "Levi Morrison" <levi.morrison@datadoghq.com>,
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Two new functions array_first() and array_last()
From: php@mjec.net ("Michael Cordover")

On Tue, Oct 17, 2023, at 05:10, Levi Morrison via internals wrote:
> It's true that sentiment may have shifted in this time. However, a
> common argument at that time still stands: `null` is not a good
> sentintenal for failure because the value inside the array very well
> could have been null. 

What about a signature like:

```php
array_first(array $array, mixed $value_if_missing = null);
```

That would let you specify your own sentinel (or default) where appropriate, without losing the convenience of this function.

mjec