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 <refnamediv>
  <refname>end</refname>
  <refpurpose>Set the internal pointer of an array to its last element</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>mixed</type><methodname>end</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>array</type><parameter role="reference">array</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   <function>end</function> advances <parameter>array</parameter>'s
   internal pointer to the last element, and returns its value.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>array</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The array.  This array is passed by reference because it is modified by
       the function.  This means you must pass it a real variable and not
       a function returning an array because only actual variables may be
       passed by reference.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns the value of the last element or &false; for empty array.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>end</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php

$fruits = array('apple', 'banana', 'cranberry');
echo end($fruits); // cranberry

?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>current</function></member>
    <member><function>each</function></member>
    <member><function>prev</function></member>
    <member><function>reset</function></member>
    <member><function>next</function></member>
    <member><function>array_key_last</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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