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Request #54739 array_filter: optional parameter for max_items
Submitted: 2011-05-15 22:48 UTC Modified: 2013-07-18 07:54 UTC
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From: ajcoon at gmail dot com Assigned:
Status: Wont fix Package: Arrays related
PHP Version: 5.3.6 OS:
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 [2011-05-15 22:48 UTC] ajcoon at gmail dot com
Description:
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Per this discussion on StackOverflow, I would like to recommend an additional, optional parameter be supported in `array_filter`.  The parameter, named `max_items` (or similar) would be expected as an integer value >0, and used to return a max of `n` matching items in the search array.  This is useful in the case where sort order is non-deterministic and the number of desired items is low relative to the length of the search array.

Related discussion:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6010872/getting-a-value-from-an-array-in-php

Test script:
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$objects = array_filter($myArray, function($item){ return $item->id == 91 }, 1);

Expected result:
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Expect `array_filter` to stop searching for additional matches once it reaches `max_items` number of matches.


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 [2013-07-18 07:54 UTC] maarten@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Wont fix
 [2013-07-18 07:54 UTC] maarten@php.net
So this is a hint to increase performance. You're probably much better off when filtering much closer by the logic which gathers the data (i.e. ORDER BY .. LIMIT).

Also, some sort of slipper slope, one might argue a (sometimes micro) optimization when adding this parameter to a lot of array functions, and I don't think it all added parameters, documentation and edge cases are worth it.
 
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