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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [DRAFT] RFC - array_column() function
From: ralph@ralphschindler.com (Ralph Schindler)

> The term 'column' makes a lot of sense for PDO working with database
> columns, but there is no concept of a 'column' in the array structure or
> PHP as a whole, outside of database related functions.

Actually, while perhaps most of the time a value from a column is what 
people retrieving from a database result set, that is not always the 
case.  The result could be the value from an expression or a field from 
a database view.  Most database extensions outside of PDO do in fact 
call it a "field", which I (too) feel is more appropriate.

In the case of this addition, I do indeed like array_pluck as well, as 
column feel like an overloaded term.

-ralph