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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2023 01:19:30 +0900
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Cc: Levi Morrison <levi.morrison@datadoghq.com>,
 David Grudl <david@grudl.com>,
 Levi Morrison via internals <internals@lists.php.net>
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To: Michael Cordover <php@mjec.net>
Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] Two new functions array_first() and array_last()
From: saki@sakiot.com (Saki Takamachi)

> What about a signature like:
>=20
> ```php
> array_first(array $array, mixed $value_if_missing =3D null);
> ```
>=20
> That would let you specify your own sentinel (or default) where appropriat=
e, without losing the convenience of this function.

This is a problem that should be addressed in your application.

```
array_first($arr) ?? $initial
```

I personally think we should make the effort to write it this way and not ha=
ve to support initial values =E2=80=8B=E2=80=8Bat the language level.

Regards.

Saki=