The question is simple. we have a for each loop in our code:

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foreach($array as $element) {
//code
}

In this loop, we want to react differently when we are in first or last iteration.

How to do this?

Php loops for each

Use a counter:

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$i = 0;
$len = count($array);
foreach ($array as $item) {
    if ($i == 0) {
        // first
    } else if ($i == $len - 1) {
        // last
    }
    // …
    $i++;
}

Another example:

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$arr = array(1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10);

foreach ($arr as $a) 
{

// This is the line that does the checking
if (!each($arr)) echo "End!\n";

echo $a."\n";

}
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Try this code:

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//Store the last key
$lastkey = key(end($array)); 
foreach($array as $key => $element) 
{
    ....do array stuff
    if ($lastkey === key($array))
        echo 'LAST ELEMENT!';
}

If your array has unique array values, then determining the first and last element is trivial:

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foreach($array as $element) {
    if ($element === reset($array))
        echo 'FIRST ELEMENT!';

    if ($element === end($array))
        echo 'LAST ELEMENT!';
}

This works if last and first elements are appearing just once in an array, otherwise you get false positives. Therefore, you have to compare the keys (they are unique for sure).

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foreach($array as $key => $element) 
{
    reset($array);
    if ($key === key($array))
        echo 'FIRST ELEMENT!';

    end($array);
    if ($key === key($array))
        echo 'LAST ELEMENT!';
}

Update: Some people are concerned about performance and/or modifying the array pointer inside a foreach loop.

For those, you can cache the key value before the loop.

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reset($array);
$first = key($array);
foreach($array as $key => $element) 
{
    if ($key === $first)
        echo 'FIRST ELEMENT!';
}

A more simplified version of the above and presuming you’re not using custom indexes…

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$len = count($array);
foreach ($array as $index => $item) {
    if ($index == 0) {
        // first
    } else if ($index == $len - 1) {
        // last
    }
}
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If you only need just the first element then you may try this code.

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$firstElement = true;

foreach ($reportData->result() as $row) 
{
       if($firstElement) { echo "first element"; $firstElement=false; }
       // Other lines of codes here
}

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