current
Description
Syntax
current( array|object $array ): mixed
Parameters
array
The array.
Return
Returns the value of the array element that's currently being pointed to by the internal pointer. It does not move the pointer in any way. If the internal pointer points beyond the end of the elements list or the array is empty, it returns false.
WARNING: This function may return Boolean false, but may also return a non-Boolean value which evaluates to false. Use the === operator for testing the return value of this function.
Examples
1 · current
<?php $array = array('one', 'two', 'three', 'four'); $return = current($array); echo $return;
one
2 · next
<?php $array = array('one', 'two', 'three', 'four'); next($array); $return = current($array); echo $return;
two
3 · end
<?php $array = array('one', 'two', 'three', 'four'); end($array); $return = current($array); echo $return;
four
4 · prev
<?php $array = array('one', 'two', 'three', 'four'); end($array); prev($array); $return = current($array); echo $return;
three
5 · reset
<?php $array = array('one', 'two', 'three', 'four'); end($array); reset($array); $return = current($array); echo $return;
one
6 · beyond
<?php $array = array('one', 'two', 'three', 'four'); end($array); next($array); $return = current($array); var_export($return);
false
7 · beyond
<?php $array = array('one', 'two', 'three', 'four'); reset($array); prev($array); $return = current($array); var_export($return);
false
8 · empty
<?php $array = array(); $return = current($array); var_export($return);
false
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- array_diff
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- array_diff_uassoc
- array_diff_ukey
- array_fill
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- array_filter
- array_flip
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- array_intersect_key
- array_intersect_uassoc
- array_intersect_ukey
- array_key_exists
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- array_key_last
- array_keys
- array_map
- array_merge
- array_merge_recursive
- array_multisort
- array_pad
- array_pop
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- array_push
- array_rand
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- array_search
- array_shift
- array_slice
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- array_sum
- array_udiff
- array_udiff_assoc
- array_udiff_uassoc
- array_uintersect
- array_uintersect_assoc
- array_uintersect_uassoc
- array_unique
- array_unshift
- array_values
- array_walk
- array_walk_recursive
- arsort
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- compact
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- extract
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- key
- key_exists
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- ksort
- list
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- pos
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- range
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- rsort
- shuffle
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