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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] [VOTE] array_column() function
From: thruska@cubiclesoft.com (Thomas Hruska)

On 1/11/2013 11:53 PM, Anthony Ferrara wrote:
>>From what I can see this new function doesn't fit any of those three to a
> significant enough extent. All three are definitely subjective, but I'm
> leaning towards a no vote because I just don't feel there's enough
> justification for the new function when weighted against the bloat factor...
>
> My $0.02... Thoughts?
>
> Anthony

I can see a use-case for this but the PDO relationship is a poor reason 
for having it.  The whole PDO thing threw me off such that I was in the 
same boat as Anthony with the same thoughts.  Contrived examples aren't 
helpful for passing a RFC.  Here is a more reasonable example:

echo implode(", ", array_column($myarray, 2));

It saves constructing a separate array or writing my own function in PHP 
userland that comes with the risk of naming conflicts.  array_column() 
is a handy shortcut to a process.  I've not thought about writing a PHP 
userland function for this before because it generally only takes a 
couple of lines of code.  This formalizes that process and simplifies code.

It isn't a function I'll necessarily use every day, but the above 
example is more useful and will speak to more developers than the PDO 
example will.

I have a separate recommendation that could eliminate the need for the 
third optional parameter of array_column(), but I'll start another 
thread on this list for it.

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