Get next element in foreach loop

Question

I have a foreach loop and I want to see if there is a next element in the loop so I can compare the current element with the next. How can I do this? I\'ve read about the cu

Answer 1

You could probably use while loop instead of foreach:

while ($current = current($array) )
{
    $next = next($array);
    if (false !== $next && $next == $current)
    {
        //do something with $current
    }
}

Answer 2

You could get the keys of the array before the foreach, then use a counter to check the next element, something like:

//$arr is the array you wish to cycle through
$keys = array_keys($arr);
$num_keys = count($keys);
$i = 1;
foreach ($arr as $a)
{
    if ($i < $num_keys && $arr[$keys[$i]] == $a)
    {
        // we have a match
    }
    $i++;
}

This will work for both simple arrays, such as array(1,2,3), and keyed arrays such as array('first'=>1, 'second'=>2, 'thrid'=>3).

Answer 3

You could get the keys/values and index

<?php
$a = array(
    'key1'=>'value1', 
    'key2'=>'value2', 
    'key3'=>'value3', 
    'key4'=>'value4', 
    'key5'=>'value5'
);

$keys = array_keys($a);
foreach(array_keys($keys) as $index ){       
    $current_key = current($keys); // or $current_key = $keys[$index];
    $current_value = $a[$current_key]; // or $current_value = $a[$keys[$index]];

    $next_key = next($keys); 
    $next_value = $a[$next_key] ?? null; // for php version >= 7.0

    echo  "{$index}: current = ({$current_key} => {$current_value}); next = ({$next_key} => {$next_value})\n";
}

result:

0: current = (key1 => value1); next = (key2 => value2) 
1: current = (key2 => value2); next = (key3 => value3) 
2: current = (key3 => value3); next = (key4 => value4) 
3: current = (key4 => value4); next = (key5 => value5) 
4: current = (key5 => value5); next = ( => )