Hi
On 10.04.24 00:12, Larry Garfield wrote:
Another alternative is to always return the key, because you can trivially get
the value from the key, but not vice versa. Of course, the resulting syntax
for that is frequently fugly.
$val = $array[array_find($db, $array)] ?? some-default;
In 95% (roughly) of cases, I (personally) need the array value and not
the key. Just having the option to get the key is already a step forward
compared to the current state, but I personally would find it
impractical (and fugly, as you said) to use the method, especially if
the search callback is more complex and multi-line (and it is fugly, as
you said).
Here is an example for this, without using a helper variable:
$value = $array[\array_find($array, function ($value, $key): bool {
if ($key % 5) {
return \strlen($value) < 100;
}
if ($key % 2) {
return \strlen($value) < 40;
}
return false;
})];
So I think, this is not an option.
Cheers
Josh
