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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<refentry xml:id="function.key" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>key</refname>
<refpurpose>Fetch a key from an array</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type class="union"><type>int</type><type>string</type><type>null</type></type><methodname>key</methodname>
<methodparam><type class="union"><type>array</type><type>object</type></type><parameter>array</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
<function>key</function> returns the index element of the current array
position.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>array</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The array.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
The <function>key</function> function simply returns the
key of the array element that's currently being pointed to by the
internal pointer. It does not move the pointer in any way. If the
internal pointer points beyond the end of the elements list or the array is
empty, <function>key</function> returns &null;.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="changelog">
&reftitle.changelog;
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>&Version;</entry>
<entry>&Description;</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
&standard.changelog.calling-on-objects;
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>key</function> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$array = array(
'fruit1' => 'apple',
'fruit2' => 'orange',
'fruit3' => 'grape',
'fruit4' => 'apple',
'fruit5' => 'apple');
// this cycle echoes all associative array
// key where value equals "apple"
while ($fruit_name = current($array)) {
if ($fruit_name == 'apple') {
echo key($array), "\n";
}
next($array);
}
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
fruit1
fruit4
fruit5
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>current</function></member>
<member><function>next</function></member>
<member><function>array_key_first</function></member>
<member><link linkend="control-structures.foreach">foreach</link></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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