DavidGoodwin · August 29, 2015 13:58 · Apr 7, 2014 · Jul 14, 2013 · Jul 13, 2013
diff --git a/gistfile1.php b/gistfile1.php
@@ -1,6 +1,28 @@
 <?php
+/* Original effort: https://gist.github.com/Daniel15/5991193 */
 function last($arr)
 {
     eval('list(' . str_repeat(',', count($arr) - 1) . '$result) = $arr;');
     return $result;
-}
+}
+
+
+
+/* An interesting challenge - what about : */
+$list = array('a' => 'fish', 'b' => 'sausage', '&c' => 'whal=asdasd!@£123e');
+
+/**
+ * Return the last element of an array AND it's associated key
+ * @param array (e.g. [ 23, 4, 5, 'fish' => 'beans' ] etc.)
+ *
+ * @return array last element of the array (as [$key => $value])
+ */
+
+function last_element($array) {
+    $string = http_build_query($array);
+    preg_match('/(&?([^&=]*)=([^&=]*))$/', $string, $matches);
+    $key = urldecode($matches[2]);
+    $value = urldecode($matches[3]);
+    return array($key => $value);
+}
+var_dump(last_element($list));
diff --git a/gistfile1.php b/gistfile1.php
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+<?php
 function last($arr)
 {
     eval('list(' . str_repeat(',', count($arr) - 1) . '$result) = $arr;');

diff --git a/gistfile1.php b/gistfile1.php
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+function last($arr)
+{
+    eval('list(' . str_repeat(',', count($arr) - 1) . '$result) = $arr;');
+    return $result;
+}
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