current

mixed current(array array) 

Returns the current element in the array without moving the internal array pointer.

Returns:

Value of the current element in the array; FALSE when no more elements exist

Description:

Returns the element value currently pointed to by the internal array pointer. This can be useful with next() and prev() in order to traverse an array; however, this is dangerous. The reason is that current() returns the value of the current element; if this evaluates to FALSE, there is no way to tell whether you've actually hit the end of the array being traversed or the current element simply has a value of FALSE.

This function does not move the internal array pointer.

Version:

PHP 3, PHP 4

See also:

end() 
key() 
next() 
prev() 
reset() 

Example:

Get the value of the current element of an array

$my_array = array("a","b","c","d","e"); 
echo "Current: ", current($my_array), "\n"; 
for ($i = count($my_array); $i >= 0; $i--) {
echo "Next: ", next($my_array), "\n"; 
} 
reset($my_array); 
echo "Current: ", current($my_array); 

Output: 
Current: a 
Next: b 
Next: c 
Next: d 
Next: e 
Current: e