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[nycphp-talk] highest key of an array

Adam Maccabee Trachtenberg adam at trachtenberg.com
Mon Sep 19 17:19:48 EDT 2005


On Mon, 19 Sep 2005, Odra Gola wrote:

> is there a quick way to return the numerically highest key of an array? (not
> the element)
> I wrote my own function to do it, but I'm affraid I'm reinventing the wheel

Assuming you add keys in a sensible order:

end($array);
$highest = key($array);

Otherwise, you should sort the array first.

-adam

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