Ok,
I know all about array_pop(), but that deletes the last element. What's the best way to get the last element of an array without deleting it?
EDIT: Here's a bonus:
$array = array('a' => 'a', 'b' => 'b', 'c' => 'c');
or even
$array = array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd');
unset($array[2]);
echo $array[sizeof($array) - 1]; // Output: PHP Notice: Undefined offset: 2 in - on line 4
The many answers in this thread present us with many different options. To be able to choose from them I needed to understand their behavior and performance. In this answer I will share my findings with you, benchmarked against PHP versions 5.6.38, 7.2.10 and 7.3.0RC1 (expected Dec 13 2018).
The options (<<option code>>s) I will test are:
$x = array_values(array_slice($array, -1))[0]; (as suggested by rolacja)$x = array_slice($array, -1)[0]; (as suggested by Stoutie)$x = array_pop((array_slice($array, -1))); (as suggested by rolacja)$x = array_pop((array_slice($array, -1, 1))); (as suggested by Westy92)$x = end($array); reset($array); (as suggested by Iznogood)$x = end((array_values($array))); (as suggested by TecBrat)$x = $array[count($array)-1]; (as suggested by Mirko Pagliai)$keys = array_keys($array); $x = $array[$keys[count($keys)-1]]; (as suggested by thrau)$x = $array[] = array_pop($array); (as suggested by user2782001)$x = $array[array_key_last($array)]; (as suggested by Quasimodo's clone ; available per PHP 7.3)(functions mentioned: array_key_last , array_keys , array_pop , array_slice , array_values , count , end , reset)
The test inputs (<<input code>>s) to combine with:
$array = null;$array = [];$array = ["a","b","c",null];$array = ["a","b","c","d"];$array = []; $array[1] = "a"; $array[2] = "b"; $array[0] = "c";$array = []; for($i=0;$i<100;$i++) { $array[] = $i; }$array = []; for($i=0;$i<100000;$i++) { $array[] = $i; }For testing I will use the 5.6.38, 7.2.10 and 7.3.0RC1 PHP docker containers like:
sudo docker run -it --rm php:5.6.38-cli-stretch php -r '<<<CODE HERE>>>'
Each combination of the above listed <<option code>>s and <<input code>>s will be run on all versions of PHP. For each test run the following code snippet is used:
<<input code>> error_reporting(E_ALL); <<option code>> error_reporting(0); $before=microtime(TRUE); for($i=0;$i<100;$i++){echo ".";for($j=0;$j<100;$j++){ <<option code>> }}; $after=microtime(TRUE); echo "\n"; var_dump($x); echo round(($after-$before)/(100*100)*1000*1000*1000);
For each run this will var_dump the last retrieved last value of the test input and print the average duration of one iteration in femtoseconds (0.000000000000001th of a second).
The results are as follows:
/==========================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================\
|| || T E S T I N P U T - 5 . 6 . 3 8 || T E S T I N P U T - 7 . 2 . 1 0 || T E S T I N P U T - 7 . 3 . 0 R C 1 ||
|| || null | empty | last_null | auto_idx | shuffle | 100 | 100000 || null | empty | last_null | auto_idx | shuffle | 100 | 100000 || null | empty | last_null | auto_idx | shuffle | 100 | 100000 ||
||============================OPTIONS - ERRORS==========================++===============+===============+===============+===============+===============+===============+===============++===============+===============+===============+===============+===============+===============+===============++===============+===============+===============+===============+===============+===============+===============<|
|| 1. $x = array_values(array_slice($array, -1))[0]; || W1 + W2 | N1 | - | - | - | - | - || W1 + W2 | N1 | - | - | - | - | - || W1 + W2 | N1 | - | - | - | - | - ||
|| 2. $x = array_slice($array, -1)[0]; || W1 | N1 | - | - | - | - | - || W1 | N1 | - | - | - | - | - || W1 | N1 | - | - | - | - | - ||
|| 3. $x = array_pop((array_slice($array, -1))); || W1 + W3 | - | - | - | - | - | - || W1 + N2 + W3 | N2 | N2 | N2 | N2 | N2 | N2 || W1 + N2 + W3 | N2 | N2 | N2 | N2 | N2 | N2 ||
|| 4. $x = array_pop((array_slice($array, -1, 1))); || W1 + W3 | - | - | - | - | - | - || W1 + N2 + W3 | N2 | N2 | N2 | N2 | N2 | N2 || W1 + N2 + W3 | N2 | N2 | N2 | N2 | N2 | N2 ||
|| 5. $x = end($array); reset($array); || W4 + W5 | - | - | - | - | - | - || W4 + W5 | N2 | N2 | N2 | N2 | N2 | N2 || W4 + W5 | - | - | - | - | - | - ||
|| 6. $x = end((array_values($array))); || W2 + W4 | - | - | - | - | - | - || W2 + N2 + W4 | - | - | - | - | - | - || W2 + N2 + W4 | N2 | N2 | N2 | N2 | N2 | N2 ||
|| 7. $x = $array[count($array)-1]; || - | N3 | - | - | - | - | - || W7 | N3 | - | - | - | - | - || W7 | N3 | - | - | - | - | - ||
|| 8. $keys = array_keys($array); $x = $array[$keys[count($keys)-1]]; || W6 | N3 + N4 | - | - | - | - | - || W6 + W7 | N3 + N4 | - | - | - | - | - || W6 + W7 | N3 + N4 | - | - | - | - | - ||
|| 9. $x = $array[] = array_pop($array); || W3 | - | - | - | - | - | - || W3 | - | - | - | - | - | - || W3 | - | - | - | - | - | - ||
|| 10. $x = $array[array_key_last($array)]; || F1 | F1 | F1 | F1 | F1 | F1 | F1 || F2 | F2 | F2 | F2 | F2 | F2 | F2 || W8 | N4 | F2 | F2 | F2 | F2 | F2 ||
||========================OPTIONS - VALUE RETRIEVED=====================++===============+===============+===============+===============+===============+===============+===============++===============+===============+===============+===============+===============+===============+===============++===============+===============+===============+===============+===============+===============+===============<|
|| 1. $x = array_values(array_slice($array, -1))[0]; || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) ||
|| 2. $x = array_slice($array, -1)[0]; || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) ||
|| 3. $x = array_pop((array_slice($array, -1))); || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) ||
|| 4. $x = array_pop((array_slice($array, -1, 1))); || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) ||
|| 5. $x = end($array); reset($array); || NULL | bool(false) | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) || NULL | bool(false) | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) || NULL | bool(false) | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) ||
|| 6. $x = end((array_values($array))); || NULL | bool(false) | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) || NULL | bool(false) | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) || NULL | bool(false) | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) ||
|| 7. $x = $array[count($array)-1]; || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "b" | int(99) | int(99999) || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "b" | int(99) | int(99999) || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "b" | int(99) | int(99999) ||
|| 8. $keys = array_keys($array); $x = $array[$keys[count($keys)-1]]; || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) ||
|| 9. $x = $array[] = array_pop($array); || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) || NULL | NULL | NULL | string(1) "d" | string(1) "c" | int(99) | int(99999) ||
|| 10. $x = $array[array_key_last($array)]; || N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A || N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A || N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A ||
||=================OPTIONS - FEMTOSECONDS PER ITERATION=================++===============+===============+===============+===============+===============+===============+===============++===============+===============+===============+===============+===============+===============+===============++===============+===============+===============+===============+===============+===============+===============<|
|| 1. $x = array_values(array_slice($array, -1))[0]; || 803 | 466 | 390 | 384 | 373 | 764 | 1.046.642 || 691 | 252 | 101 | 128 | 93 | 170 | 89.028 || 695 | 235 | 90 | 97 | 95 | 188 | 87.991 ||
|| 2. $x = array_slice($array, -1)[0]; || 414 | 349 | 252 | 248 | 246 | 604 | 1.038.074 || 373 | 249 | 85 | 91 | 90 | 164 | 90.750 || 367 | 224 | 78 | 85 | 80 | 155 | 86.141 ||
|| 3. $x = array_pop((array_slice($array, -1))); || 724 | 228 | 323 | 318 | 350 | 673 | 1.042.263 || 988 | 285 | 309 | 317 | 331 | 401 | 88.363 || 877 | 266 | 298 | 300 | 326 | 403 | 87.279 ||
|| 4. $x = array_pop((array_slice($array, -1, 1))); || 734 | 266 | 358 | 356 | 349 | 699 | 1.050.101 || 887 | 288 | 316 | 322 | 314 | 408 | 88.402 || 935 | 268 | 335 | 315 | 313 | 403 | 86.445 ||
|| 5. $x = end($array); reset($array); || 715 | 186 | 185 | 180 | 176 | 185 | 172 || 674 | 73 | 69 | 70 | 66 | 65 | 70 || 693 | 65 | 85 | 74 | 68 | 70 | 69 ||
|| 6. $x = end((array_values($array))); || 877 | 205 | 320 | 337 | 304 | 2.901 | 7.921.860 || 948 | 300 | 336 | 308 | 309 | 509 | 29.696.951 || 946 | 262 | 301 | 309 | 302 | 499 | 29.234.928 ||
|| 7. $x = $array[count($array)-1]; || 123 | 300 | 137 | 139 | 143 | 140 | 144 || 312 | 218 | 48 | 53 | 45 | 47 | 51 || 296 | 217 | 46 | 44 | 53 | 53 | 55 ||
|| 8. $keys = array_keys($array); $x = $array[$keys[count($keys)-1]]; || 494 | 593 | 418 | 435 | 399 | 3.873 | 12.199.450 || 665 | 407 | 103 | 109 | 114 | 431 | 30.053.730 || 647 | 445 | 91 | 95 | 96 | 419 | 30.718.586 ||
|| 9. $x = $array[] = array_pop($array); || 186 | 178 | 175 | 188 | 180 | 181 | 186 || 83 | 78 | 75 | 71 | 74 | 69 | 83 || 71 | 64 | 70 | 64 | 68 | 69 | 81 ||
|| 10. $x = $array[array_key_last($array)]; || N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A || N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A || 370 | 223 | 49 | 52 | 61 | 57 | 52 ||
\=========================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================/
The above mentioned Fatal, Warning and Notice codes translate as:
F1 = Fatal error: Call to undefined function array_key_last() in Command line code on line 1
F2 = Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function array_key_last() in Command line code:1
W1 = Warning: array_slice() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in Command line code on line 1
W2 = Warning: array_values() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in Command line code on line 1
W3 = Warning: array_pop() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in Command line code on line 1
W4 = Warning: end() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in Command line code on line 1
W5 = Warning: reset() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in Command line code on line 1
W6 = Warning: array_keys() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in Command line code on line 1
W7 = Warning: count(): Parameter must be an array or an object that implements Countable in Command line code on line 1
W8 = Warning: array_key_last() expects parameter 1 to be array, null given in Command line code on line 1
N1 = Notice: Undefined offset: 0 in Command line code on line 1
N2 = Notice: Only variables should be passed by reference in Command line code on line 1
N3 = Notice: Undefined offset: -1 in Command line code on line 1
N4 = Notice: Undefined index: in Command line code on line 1
Based on this output I draw the following conclusions:
$x = end((array_values($array)));$keys = array_keys($array); $x = $array[$keys[count($keys)-1]];$x = end($array); reset($array);$x = $array[count($array)-1];$x = $array[] = array_pop($array);$x = $array[array_key_last($array)]; (since PHP 7.3)$x = $array[count($array)-1]; (due to use of count)$x = $array[] = array_pop($array); (due to assigning value losing original key)$x = end($array); reset($array);$x = end((array_values($array)));array_key_last function seems to have none of the above mentioned limitations with the exception of still being an RC at the time of this writing (so use the RC or await it's release Dec 2018):
$x = $array[array_key_last($array)]; (since PHP 7.3)A bit depending on whether using the array as stack or as queue you can make variations on option 9.
What's wrong with array_slice($array, -1)? (See Manual: http://us1.php.net/array_slice)
array_slice() returns an array. Probably not what you are looking for. You want the element.
For me:
$last = $array[count($array) - 1];
With associatives:
$last =array_values($array)[count($array - 1)]
Try
$myLastElement = end($yourArray);
To reset it (thanks @hopeseekr):
reset($yourArray);
Link to manual
@David Murdoch added:
$myLastElement = end(array_values($yourArray));// and now you don't need to call reset().
On E_STRICT this produces the warning
Strict Standards: Only variables should be passed by reference
Thanks o_O Tync and everyone!
Simply: $last_element = end((array_values($array)))
Doesn't reset the array and doesn't gives STRICT warnings.
PS. Since the most voted answer still hasn't the double parenthesis, I submitted this answer.
I need this quite often to deal with stacks, and i always find myself baffled that there's no native function that does it without manipulating the array or its internal pointer in some form.
So i usually carry around a util function that's also safe to use on associative arrays.
function array_last($array) {
if (count($array) < 1)
return null;
$keys = array_keys($array);
return $array[$keys[sizeof($keys) - 1]];
}
As of PHP version 7.3 the functions array_key_first and array_key_last has been introduced.
Since arrays in PHP are not strict array types, i.e. fixed sized collections of fixed sized fields starting at index 0, but dynamically extended associative array, the handling of positions with unknown keys is hard and workarounds do not perform very well. In contrast real arrays would be internally addressed via pointer arithmethics very rapidly and the last index is already known at compile-time by declaration.
At least the problem with the first and last position is solved by builtin functions now since version 7.3. This even works without any warnings on array literals out of the box:
$first = array_key_first( [1, 2, 'A'=>65, 'B'=>66, 3, 4 ] );
$last = array_key_last ( [1, 2, 'A'=>65, 'B'=>66, 3, 4 ] );
Obviously the last value is:
$array[array_key_last($array)];
What if you want to get the last element of array inside of the loop of it's array?
The code below will result into an infinite loop:
foreach ($array as $item) {
$last_element = end($array);
reset($array);
if ($last_element == $item) {
// something useful here
}
}
The solution is obviously simple for non associative arrays:
$last_element = $array[sizeof ($array) - 1];
foreach ($array as $key => $item) {
if ($last_element == $item) {
// something useful here
}
}
Note: For (PHP 7 >= 7.3.0) we can use array_key_last — Gets the last key of an array
array_key_last ( array $array ) : mixed
end() will provide the last element of an array
$array = array('a' => 'a', 'b' => 'b', 'c' => 'c');
echo end($array); //output: c
$array1 = array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd');
echo end($array1); //output: d
You will get last element from an array easily by using below logic
$array = array('a', 'b', 'c', 'd');
echo ($array[count($array)-1]);
Not only last element but you can also get second last, third last and so on by using below logic.
for second last element you have to pass just number 2 in the above statement for example:
echo ($array[count($array)-2]);
array_values(array_reverse($array))[0] works in all those situations.
How about:
current(array_slice($array, -1))
$array == [] (returns false)As of PHP 7.3, array_key_last is available
$lastEl = $myArray[array_key_last($myArray)];
One way to avoid pass-by-reference errors (eg. "end(array_values($foo))") is to use call_user_func or call_user_func_array:
// PHP Fatal error: Only variables can be passed by reference
// No output (500 server error)
var_dump(end(array(1, 2, 3)));
// No errors, but modifies the array's internal pointer
// Outputs "int(3)"
var_dump(call_user_func('end', array(1, 2, 3)));
// PHP Strict standards: Only variables should be passed by reference
// Outputs "int(3)"
var_dump(end(array_values(array(1, 2, 3))));
// No errors, doesn't change the array
// Outputs "int(3)"
var_dump(call_user_func('end', array_values(array(1, 2, 3))));
$lastValue = end(array_values($array))
No modification is made to $array pointers. This avoids the
reset($array)
which might not be desired in certain conditions.
my simple solution, pretty and easy to understand.
array_reverse($array)[0];
The top answers are great, but as mentioned by @paul-van-leeuwen and @quasimodos-clone, PHP 7.3 will introduce two new functions to solve this problem directly - array_key_first() and array_key_last().
You can start using this syntax today with the following polyfill (or shim) functions.
// Polyfill for array_key_last() available from PHP 7.3
if (!function_exists('array_key_last')) {
function array_key_last($array) {
return array_slice(array_keys($array),-1)[0];
}
}
// Polyfill for array_key_first() available from PHP 7.3
if (!function_exists('array_key_first')) {
function array_key_first($array) {
return array_slice(array_keys($array),0)[0];
}
}
// Usage examples:
$first_element_key = array_key_first($array);
$first_element_value = $array[array_key_first($array)];
$last_element_key = array_key_last($array);
$last_element_value = $array[array_key_last($array)];
Caveat: This requires PHP 5.4 or greater.
Nowadays, I'd prefer always having this helper, as suggested at an php.net/end answer.
<?php
function endc($array) {
return end($array);
}
$items = array('one','two','three');
$lastItem = endc($items); // three
$current = current($items); // one
?>
This will always keeps the pointer as it is and we will never have to worry about parenthesis, strict standards or whatever.
I think this is a slight improvement on all the existing answers:
$lastElement = count($array) > 0 ? array_values(array_slice($array, -1))[0] : null;
end() or solutions using array_keys(), especially with large arraysTo get the last element of an array, use:
$lastElement = array_slice($array, -1)[0];
Benchmark
I iterated 1,000 times, grabbing the last element of small and large arrays that contained 100 and 50,000 elements, respectively.
Method: $array[count($array)-1];
Small array (s): 0.000319957733154
Large array (s): 0.000526905059814
Note: Fastest! count() must access an internal length property.
Note: This method only works if the array is naturally-keyed (0, 1, 2, ...).
Method: array_slice($array, -1)[0];
Small array (s): 0.00145292282104
Large array (s): 0.499367952347
Method: array_pop((array_slice($array, -1, 1)));
Small array (s): 0.00162816047668
Large array (s): 0.513121843338
Method: end($array);
Small array (s): 0.0028350353241
Large array (s): 4.81077480316
Note: Slowest...
I used PHP Version 5.5.32.
untested: wouldn't this work?
<?php
$last_element=end(array_values($array));
?>
Since the array returned by array_values is fleeting, no-one cares if it's pointer is reset.
and if you need the key to go with it I guess you'd do:
<?php
$last_key=end(array_keys($array));
?>
Use the end() function.
$array = [1,2,3,4,5];
$last = end($array); // 5
For getting the last value from Array :
array_slice($arr,-1,1) ;
For Removing last value form array :
array_slice($arr,0,count($arr)-1) ;
$file_name_dm = $_FILES["video"]["name"];
$ext_thumb = extension($file_name_dm);
echo extension($file_name_dm);
function extension($str){
$str=implode("",explode("\\",$str));
$str=explode(".",$str);
$str=strtolower(end($str));
return $str;
}
To do this and avoid the E_STRICT and not mess with the array's internal pointer you can use:
function lelement($array) {return end($array);}
$last_element = lelement($array);
lelement only works with a copy so it doesn't affect the array's pointer.
In almost every language with arrays you can't really go wrong with A[A.size-1]. I can't think of an example of a language with 1 based arrays (as opposed to zero based).
One more possible solution...
$last_element = array_reverse( $array )[0];
Another solution:
$array = array('a' => 'a', 'b' => 'b', 'c' => 'c');
$lastItem = $array[(array_keys($array)[(count($array)-1)])];
echo $lastItem;
Short and sweet.
I came up with solution to remove error message and preserve one-liner form and efficient performance:
$lastEl = array_values(array_slice($array, -1))[0];
-- previous solution
$lastEl = array_pop((array_slice($array, -1)));
Note: The extra parentheses are needed to avoid a PHP Strict standards: Only variables should be passed by reference.
If you don't care about modifying the internal pointer (the following lines support both indexed and associative arrays):
// false if empty array
$last = end($array);
// null if empty array
$last = !empty($array) ? end($array) : null;
If you want an utility function that doesn't modify the internal pointer (because the array is passed by value to the function, so the function operates on a copy of it):
function array_last($array) {
if (empty($array)) {
return null;
}
return end($array);
}
Though, PHP produces copies "on-the-fly", i.e. only when actually needed. As the end() function modifies the array, internally a copy of the whole array (minus one item) is generated.
Therefore, I would recommend the following alternative that is actually faster, as internally it doesn't copy the array, it just makes a slice:
function array_last($array) {
if (empty($array)) {
return null;
}
foreach (array_slice($array, -1) as $value) {
return $value;
}
}
Additionally, the "foreach / return" is a tweak for efficiently getting the first (and here single) item.
Finally, the fastest alternative but for indexed arrays (and without gaps) only:
$last = !empty($array) ? $array[count($array)-1] : null;
For the record, here is another answer of mine, for the array's first element.
Source: Stackoverflow.com