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Here's a slight revision to xmlich02's backwards iteration example. The problem with his/her example is that it will halt if any of the array elements are boolean false, while this version will not.
<?php
end($ar);
while ( !is_null($key = key($ar)) ) {
$val = current($ar);
echo "{$key} => {$val}\n";
prev($ar);
}
?>
prev
(PHP 4, PHP 5)
prev — Rewind the internal array pointer
Description
Rewind the internal array pointer.
prev() behaves just like next(), except it rewinds the internal array pointer one place instead of advancing it.
Parameters
- array
-
The input array.
Return Values
Returns the array value in the previous place that's pointed to by the internal array pointer, or FALSE if there are no more elements.
Examples
Example #1 Example use of prev() and friends
<?php
$transport = array('foot', 'bike', 'car', 'plane');
$mode = current($transport); // $mode = 'foot';
$mode = next($transport); // $mode = 'bike';
$mode = next($transport); // $mode = 'car';
$mode = prev($transport); // $mode = 'bike';
$mode = end($transport); // $mode = 'plane';
?>
Notes
Warning
This function may return Boolean FALSE, but may also return a non-Boolean value which evaluates to FALSE, such as 0 or "". Please read the section on Booleans for more information. Use the === operator for testing the return value of this function.
Note: You won't be able to distinguish the beginning of an array from a boolean FALSE element. To properly traverse an array which may contain FALSE elements, see the each() function.
See Also
- current() - Return the current element in an array
- end() - Set the internal pointer of an array to its last element
- next() - Advance the internal array pointer of an array
- reset() - Set the internal pointer of an array to its first element
- each() - Return the current key and value pair from an array and advance the array cursor
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User Contributed Notesprev
soapergem at gmail dot com
29-May-2009 07:06
29-May-2009 07:06
xmlich02 at stud dot fit dot vutbr dot cz
29-Sep-2007 07:19
29-Sep-2007 07:19
// example of backward iteration
$ar = array ( 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f') ;
print_r($ar);
end($ar);
while($val = current($ar)) {
echo $val.' ';
prev($ar);
}