I'd thought this would have been `solved` by allowing the list statement in foreach ( http://nl3.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.foreach.php#control-structures.foreach.list )
Doesnt that solve your problem already? Kind regards, Robin Speekenbrink 2013/6/27 Florin Patan <florinpa...@gmail.com> > On Thu, Jun 27, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Christian Stoller <stol...@leonex.de> > wrote: > > Hi internals, > > > > during my current work I had an idea for shorter array iteration with > foreach. I haven’t seen such a syntax until now, but I think it is easy to > understand ;-) > > > > Maybe you know the case where you have to iterate over all values of a > 2D (or more) array: > > > > $count = 0; > > foreach ($array as $key => $innerArray) { > > foreach ($innerArray as $innerKey => $value) { > > $count += $value; > > // and do something with $key and $innerKey > > } > > } > > > > The new syntax could make it shorter and faster to write... but maybe > it's a bit too confusing? > > > > $count = 0; > > foreach ($array as $key => $innerArray as $innerKey => $value) { > > $count += $value; > > // and do something with $key and $innerKey > > } > > > > If the keys aren't needed, you can shorten it to: > > > > $count = 0; > > foreach ($array as $innerArray as $value) { > > $count += $value; > > } > > > > What do you think? > > > > -- > > Christian Stoller > > LEONEX Internet GmbH > > > Hi, > > > Quick question, how would the engine then treat this case: > > $array = array(); > $array['level1.1']['level2']['level3'] = 'value'; > $array['level1.2'] = new StdClass(); > > foreach($array as $level1 as $level2 as $level3) { ... } > > > Best regards > ---- > Florin Patan > https://github.com/dlsniper > http://www.linkedin.com/in/florinpatan > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >