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<p class="verinfo">(PHP 4, PHP 5)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">end</span> — <span class="dc-title">Set the internal pointer of an array to its last element</span></p>
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<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
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<span class="type"><a href="language.pseudo-types.html#language.types.mixed" class="type mixed">mixed</a></span> <span class="methodname"><strong>end</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">array</span> <code class="parameter reference">&$array</code></span>
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<span class="function"><strong>end()</strong></span> advances <em><code class="parameter">array</code></em>'s
internal pointer to the last element, and returns its value.
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<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">array</code></em></span>
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The array. This array is passed by reference because it is modified by
the function. This means you must pass it a real variable and not
a function returning an array because only actual variables may be
passed by reference.
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Returns the value of the last element or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> for empty array.
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<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>end()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /><br />$fruits </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'apple'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'banana'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'cranberry'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">end</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fruits</span><span style="color: #007700">); </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// cranberry<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
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<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.current.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">current()</a> - Return the current element in an array</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.each.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">each()</a> - Return the current key and value pair from an array and advance the array cursor</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.prev.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">prev()</a> - Rewind the internal array pointer</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.reset.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">reset()</a> - Set the internal pointer of an array to its first element</span></li>
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="function.next.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">next()</a> - Advance the internal array pointer of an array</span></li>
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