array_key_first

(PHP 7 >= 7.3.0)

array_key_firstGets the first key of an array

Descrierea

array_key_first ( array $array ) : int|string|null

Get the first key of the given array without affecting the internal array pointer.

Parametri

array

An array.

Valorile întoarse

Returns the first key of array if the array is not empty; null otherwise.

Exemple

Example #1 Basic array_key_first() Usage

<?php
$array 
= ['a' => 1'b' => 2'c' => 3];

$firstKey array_key_first($array);

var_dump($firstKey);
?>

Exemplul de mai sus va afișa:

string(1) "a"

Note

Sfat

There are several ways to provide this functionality for versions prior to PHP 7.3.0. It is possible to use array_keys(), but that may be rather inefficient. It is also possible to use reset() and key(), but that may change the internal array pointer. An efficient solution, which does not change the internal array pointer, written as polyfill:

<?php
if (!function_exists('array_key_first')) {
    function 
array_key_first(array $arr) {
        foreach(
$arr as $key => $unused) {
            return 
$key;
        }
        return 
NULL;
    }
}
?>

A se vedea și

  • array_key_last() - Gets the last key of an array
  • reset() - Set the internal pointer of an array to its first element
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User Contributed Notes 3 notes

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nekto at nekto dot com dot ua
2 years ago
A proper one-liner polyfill for version < 7.3:

<?php
function array_key_first((array) $a)
{
    return
array_keys($a)[0];
}
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Vee W.
3 years ago
Another way to get first array key with PHP older than 7.3.

<?php

$array
= ['one', 'two', 'three'];
$array2 = ['one' => 'Number one', 'two' => 'Number two'];

reset($array);// go to first array
echo key($array);// get its key (first array)
// expect 0.

reset($array2);
echo
key($array2);
// expect one.
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github.com / ahsankhatri
3 years ago
One-liner polyfill (php version < 7.3.0)

<?php
function array_key_first(array $array)
{
    return
key(array_slice($array, 0, 1));
}
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