--TEST-- Test array_shift() function : usage variations - Pass arrays of different data types --FILE-- array( 0, 1, 12345, -2345, ), // float data /*2*/ 'float' => array( 10.5, -10.5, 12.3456789000e10, 12.3456789000E-10, .5, ), // null data /*3*/ 'null' => array( NULL, null, ), // boolean data /*4*/ 'bool' => array( true, false, TRUE, FALSE, ), // empty data /*5*/ 'empty string' => array( "", '', ), /*6*/ 'empty array' => array( ), // string data /*7*/ 'string' => array( "string", 'string', $heredoc, ), // object data /*8*/ 'object' => array( new classA(), ), // undefined data /*9*/ 'undefined' => array( @$undefined_var, ), // unset data /*10*/ 'unset' => array( @$unset_var, ), // resource variable /*11*/ 'resource' => array( $fp ), ); // loop through each element of $inputs to check the behavior of array_shift $iterator = 1; foreach($inputs as $key => $input) { echo "\n-- Iteration $iterator: $key data --\n"; var_dump( array_shift($input) ); var_dump($input); $iterator++; }; fclose($fp); echo "Done"; ?> --EXPECTF-- *** Testing array_shift() : usage variations *** -- Iteration 1: int data -- int(0) array(3) { [0]=> int(1) [1]=> int(12345) [2]=> int(-2345) } -- Iteration 2: float data -- float(10.5) array(4) { [0]=> float(-10.5) [1]=> float(123456789000) [2]=> float(1.23456789E-9) [3]=> float(0.5) } -- Iteration 3: null data -- NULL array(1) { [0]=> NULL } -- Iteration 4: bool data -- bool(true) array(3) { [0]=> bool(false) [1]=> bool(true) [2]=> bool(false) } -- Iteration 5: empty string data -- string(0) "" array(1) { [0]=> string(0) "" } -- Iteration 6: empty array data -- NULL array(0) { } -- Iteration 7: string data -- string(6) "string" array(2) { [0]=> string(6) "string" [1]=> string(11) "hello world" } -- Iteration 8: object data -- object(classA)#%d (0) { } array(0) { } -- Iteration 9: undefined data -- NULL array(0) { } -- Iteration 10: unset data -- NULL array(0) { } -- Iteration 11: resource data -- resource(%d) of type (stream) array(0) { } Done