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Request #77532 foreach iteration over keys without values
Submitted: 2019-01-28 00:24 UTC Modified: 2019-01-28 16:24 UTC
Votes:1
Avg. Score:4.0 ± 0.0
Reproduced:1 of 1 (100.0%)
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From: jerry at jmweb dot net Assigned:
Status: Open Package: Scripting Engine problem
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 [2019-01-28 00:24 UTC] jerry at jmweb dot net 
Description:
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Too often I do something like:

foreach( $array as $key => $noop )
{
  // do something with $key only
}

Why not use array_keys? Well, I guess to avoid the overhead of calling a function. It would be super if we could simply do:

foreach( $array as $key => null )
{
  // do something with $key only
}

I am not 100% set on using null, but I will let the community decide on the specifics.

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 [2019-01-28 00:38 UTC] danack@php.net 
> but I will let the community decide on the specifics.

How about using '$noop' ?

In which case, the feature is complete.
 [2019-01-28 00:53 UTC] jerry at jmweb dot net 
LOL. Obviously using the variable $noop works but I was hoping that the feature would 1) allow looping through keys w/out needing a variable for unused values and 2) possibly a speed bump over using array_keys.
 [2019-01-28 01:08 UTC] stas@php.net
-Package: PHP Language Specification +Package: Scripting Engine problem
 [2019-01-28 11:40 UTC] girgias@php.net
-Summary: foreach just over keys +Summary: foreach iteration over keys without values -Operating System: n/a +Operating System:
 [2019-01-28 11:40 UTC] girgias@php.net 
There was an RFC [1] started 3 years ago which hasn't seen any activity so maybe we should look back into it?

[1]: https://wiki.php.net/rfc/foreach_void
 [2019-01-28 16:24 UTC] jerry at jmweb dot net 
What A fantastic RFC especially with no BC breaks! How can we get the RFC active again? I do not have experience with RFCs nor with C code so I can't verify if the patches are still compatible with the current codebase.
 [2021-10-18 15:51 UTC] cmb@php.net 
Related To: Bug #79421
 
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