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Aayush Masiwal
Courses Plus Student 895 Pointsarray_slice
<?php $input = array("a", "b", "c", "d", "e"); $output = array_slice($input, -2, 1); // returns "d" ?>
i am not getting how this function work ?
1 Answer
jcorum
71,830 Pointsarray_slice() returns all or part of an array as a new array. There's a good explanation at w3schools: http://www.w3schools.com/php/func_array_slice.asp
In particular, though, the statement $output = array_slice($input, -2, 1); returns "d" because the slice starts 2 from the end (the -1 start value in the 2nd parameter), and returns 1 element (the 1 length value in the 3rd parameter). So $output will be an array with one element.