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  <refentry id="function.reset">
   <refnamediv>
    <refname>reset</refname>
    <refpurpose>
     Set the internal pointer of an array to its first element
    </refpurpose>
   </refnamediv>
   <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>
     <methodsynopsis>
      <type>mixed</type><methodname>reset</methodname>
      <methodparam><type>array</type><parameter>&amp;array</parameter></methodparam>
     </methodsynopsis>
    <para>
     <function>reset</function> rewinds <parameter>array</parameter>'s
     internal pointer to the first element and returns the value of the first
     array element.
    </para>
    <para>
     <example>
      <title><function>reset</function> example</title>
      <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

$array = array('step one', 'step two', 'step three', 'step four');
  
// by default, the pointer is on the first element  
echo current($array) . "<br />\n"; // "step one"

// skip two steps    
next($array);                                 
next($array);
echo current($array) . "<br />\n"; // "step three"
  
// reset pointer, start again on step one
reset($array);
echo current($array) . "<br />\n"; // "step one"
  
?>
]]>
      </programlisting>
     </example>
    </para>
    <para>
     See also <function>current</function>,
     <function>each</function>, <function>next</function>,
     and <function>prev</function>.
    </para>
   </refsect1>
  </refentry>

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