Kirk Bushell - Retrieve the First Element of an Array Commentstag:kirkbushell.com,2010:/articles/retrieve-the-first-element-of-an-array/commentsMephisto Drax2009-05-17T00:04:37ZKirk Bushelltag:kirkbushell.com,2009-05-10:1781:17982009-05-17T00:04:37Z2009-05-17T00:04:37ZComment on 'Retrieve the First Element of an Array' by Kirk BushellThere you have it - cheers Joe =) Have updated the function to use that.Joe Beesontag:kirkbushell.com,2009-05-10:1781:17962009-05-15T16:40:10Z2009-05-15T16:40:10ZComment on 'Retrieve the First Element of an Array' by Joe Beesonarray_slice($array, 0, 1)Kirk Bushelltag:kirkbushell.com,2009-05-10:1781:17922009-05-13T03:51:54Z2009-05-13T03:51:54ZComment on 'Retrieve the First Element of an Array' by Kirk BushellCraig - who knows! Perhaps person x is super tight on performance, and doesn't want to store an unnecessary variable? Reset would be my first bet whenever retrieving the first element, but I think it could lead to some unexpected results at times, hence writing this function.Craigtag:kirkbushell.com,2009-05-10:1781:17912009-05-13T00:44:23Z2009-05-13T00:44:23ZComment on 'Retrieve the First Element of an Array' by CraigWell, if you were using a foreach it wouldnt matter because foreach uses a copy of the original, so if you were resetting the original it wouldnt effect the loop..
ps.. why would you want the first element in a loop, you would get it before the loop surely!Kirk Bushelltag:kirkbushell.com,2009-05-10:1781:17862009-05-12T06:43:46Z2009-05-12T06:43:46ZComment on 'Retrieve the First Element of an Array' by Kirk BushellAbsolutely Craig, but what if you're within a loop of that array?Craig Morristag:kirkbushell.com,2009-05-10:1781:17822009-05-11T03:20:20Z2009-05-11T03:20:20ZComment on 'Retrieve the First Element of an Array' by Craig Morrisreset($array);
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