All, I tried and tested it but wanted a solid confirmation on it. I felt foreach usage is better than manual way of next(), prev() et al. Thanks for the comments. I consider the thread answered and solved unless someone has anything more to add. Regards, Shreyas On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 7:02 PM, Paul M Foster <paulf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote: > On Thu, Jun 10, 2010 at 07:03:28AM -0400, tedd wrote: > > > At 7:19 AM +0530 6/10/10, Shreyas wrote: > >> PHP'ers, > >> > >> I am reading a PHP book which explains foreach and at the end says : > *'When > >> foreach starts walking through an array, it moves the pointer to > >> the beginning of the array. You don't need to reset an array before > >> walking through it with foreach.'* > >> * > >> * > >> *Does this mean - * > >> *1) Before I navigate the array, foreach will bring the pointer to the > >> starting key?* > >> *2) After the first index, it goes to 2nd, 3rd, and nth? * > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> Shreyas > > > > Shreyas: > > > > This is one of those questions that you can test very easily, just > > initialize an array and try it. > > +1 > > This is Tedd's modus operandi. His website(s) are full of exactly this > type of thing. And I have to agree. I can't count the number of > questions I *haven't* asked on this list, because I built a page to test > a particular concept. And this sort of activity (as opposed to just > reading about something) really locks in your understanding of a > concept. > > Paul > > -- > Paul M. Foster > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- Regards, Shreyas
