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Name

key — Returns the key for the element in the current position.

Synopsis

mixed key(array); array array: Array from which to return the current key

Returns

Key of the current array element; FALSE on error

Description

key() is used to retrieve the key of the element to which the internal array pointer is currently set.

Version

PHP 3, PHP 4

Example

Example 48. Fetch the key of the current array element

$my_array = array("x" => "two", "z" => "four", "y" => "three", "w" => "one");
do {
  echo "Key: ", key($my_array), "\n";
} while (each($my_array));

Output:
Key: x
Key: z
Key: y
Key: w

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