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Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:00:00 +0100
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To: Felix De Vliegher <felix.devliegher@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] array_seek function
From: patrick.allaert@gmail.com (Patrick ALLAERT)

2010/3/16 Felix De Vliegher <felix.devliegher@gmail.com>:
> Hi all
>
> I recently needed seek functionality in arrays, and couldn't find it in t=
he regular set of array functions, so I wrote a function for it. (Seek =3D =
getting an array value based on the position (or offset, if you want to cal=
l it like that), and not the key of the item)
>
> Basically you can use it like this:
> $input =3D array(3, 'bar', 'baz');
> echo array_seek($input, 2); // returns 'baz'
> echo array_seek($input, 0); // returns 3
> echo array_seek($input, 5); // returns NULL, emits an out of range warnin=
g
>
> I was wondering if it's useful to add this to the family of array functio=
ns. I know there is a somewhat similar thing in SPL (ArrayIterator::seek), =
but that doesn't work exactly like what I was aiming for.
>
> Attached is a patch for the function against the 5.3 branch. If approved,=
 I could add it to svn + testcases + docs. Feedback please :-)
>
>
> Kind regards,
> Felix

Hi Felix,

What about adding a new int parameter to PHP array function: next()
and prev() instead of adding a new one?

Cheers,
Patrick