PHP Exercises: Get the last element of a given list

PHP: Exercise-86 with Solution

Write a PHP program to get the last element of a given list.

Sample Solution:

PHP Code:

<?php
// Function definition for 'last' that takes an array of items as a parameter
function last($items)
{
    // Use 'end' to retrieve the last element of the array
    return end($items);
}

// Call 'last' with an array and display the result using 'print_r'
print_r(last([1, 2, 3]));

// Display a newline
echo "\n";

// Call 'last' with another array and display the result using 'print_r'
print_r(last([2, 1, 3, -4, 5, 1, 2]));
?>

Sample Output:

3
2

Flowchart:

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