Calling the last string of an array

[etrader]

I want to echo the last two (or at least the last) string of an array. What is the simplest way to do so ?

[will35010]

You could cycle through the array using a loop to increment a counter and then echo the string using the counter.

[will35010]

Example:

 

count = "0";
foreach ( $array as $value ) {
  // Do stuff with $value
count++;
}

$count1 = $count - '1';
//echo next before last array
echo $array['$count1;];

//echo last array
echo $array['$count;];

 

I didn't test this, but it should be close.

[DavidAM]

$last = end($array);
$beforeLast = prev($array);

 

See the manual for end() and prev()

 

[will35010]

$last = end($array);
$beforeLast = prev($array);

 

See the manual for end() and prev()

 

I knew there would be an easier way! lol

[etrader]

That's exactly that way I hoped to find 

Thanks so much 

[.josh]

sidenote...if you know that all you are ever going to want is the last one or two, then you can do as previous posters have shown. But if you want to be able to grab a variable amount, you will have to put those in a loop.  The better way to handle this is to do something like this:

 

// number of elements from the end you want
$n = 2;
// if you don't care about preserving array keys use this
$outputArray = array_slice($inputArray, -($n));
// if you care about preserving array keys, use this
$outputArray = array_slice($inputArray, -($n), count($inputArray), true);

 

Then you will have $outputArray as an array of the last element(s) in your original array.  You will be able to specify an arbitrary number with $n and just loop through $outputArray.