For PHP < 8.5.0 && >= 7.3.0:
if (! function_exists("array_first")) {
function array_first(array $array) {
return $array ? $array[array_key_first($array)] : null;
}
}
(PHP 8 >= 8.5.0)
array_first — Gets the first value of an array
array
Returns the first value of array if the array is not empty;
null otherwise.
Example #1 Basic array_first() Usage
<?php
$array = [1 => 'a', 0 => 'b', 3 => 'c', 2 => 'd'];
$firstValue = array_first($array);
var_dump($firstValue);
?>The above example will output:
string(1) "a"
For PHP < 8.5.0 && >= 7.3.0:
if (! function_exists("array_first")) {
function array_first(array $array) {
return $array ? $array[array_key_first($array)] : null;
}
}There is another Polyfill for PHP < 8.5
<?php
if (!function_exists("array_first")) {
function array_first(array $array) {
if (!empty($array)) return current(array_slice($array, 0, 1));
return null;
}
}
?>