Can items in PHP associative arrays not be accessed numerically (i.e. by index)?

Question

I\'m trying to understand why, on my page with a query string, the code:

echo \"Item count = \" . count($_GET);
echo \"First item = \" . $_         


        

Answer 1

Nope, it is not possible.

Try this:

file.php?foo=bar

file.php contents:

You get

Array
(
    [foo] => bar
)

If you want to access the element at 0, try file.php?0=foobar.

You can also use a foreach or for loop and simply break after the first element (or whatever element you happen to want to reach):

foreach($_GET as $value){
    echo($value);
    break;
}