🐘 PHP 8.5 will have two more array functions: array_first() and array_last().

Finally, we'll have dedicated functions to get the first and last elements of an array, without needing to use functions that lack a consistent pattern or that mutate the array internally.

These functions complement the already existing array_key_first() and array_key_last().

<?php

$colors = ['red', 'green', 'blue'];

/* Before PHP 8.5 */

// First element
echo reset($colors); // red
echo $colors[array_key_first($colors)]; // red

// Last element
echo end($colors); // blue
echo $colors[array_key_last($colors)]; // blue

/* 🐘 With PHP 8.5 */
echo array_first($colors); // red
echo array_last($colors); // blue

You can read more about the RFC in the official post: click here.