On 27 Mar, 00:34, Jeremy <jer...@pinacol.com> wrote:
> Mikhail Kovalev wrote:
> > Hi all,
>
> > For example if I have
> > $array = array(
> > 'assd' => 21,
> > 's9aso' => 1267,
> > 2 => 129
> > );
>
> > And I need to access 2nd element in the array, not the element with
> > the key 2, but 's9aso' => 1267.
> > I know array_splice works that way, for example array_slice($array, 1)
> > will return two last elements, ie starting at 2nd element (id=1).
> > Is there a way to access an array that way, by some internal id number
> > which always starts at 0 etc? I could use array_keys to get
> > array(
> > 0 => 'assd',
> > 1 => 's9aso',
> > 2 => 2
> > )
>
> > But other than that?
>
> > Thanks!
>
> What's wrong with array_slice?
>
> list($second) = array_slice($array, 1, 1, true);
>
> A little round about, but it works.
>
> Jeremy

True, but the result is an array of length 1, not the value.
But shouldn't it be anything faster?