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<?php $arr = array(1,2,3,4,5,'E'); function array_pop_array($arr) { $last_element = array_pop($arr); return array($arr, $last_element); } $str = '12345E'; function string_pop(&$str){ $last_char = substr($str, -1); $str = substr($str, 0, -1); return $last_char; } function string_pop_array($str) { $last_char = string_pop($str); return array($str, $last_char); } print_r(string_pop_array($str));
Output for 4.3.0 - 4.3.11, 4.4.0 - 4.4.9, 5.0.0 - 5.0.5, 5.1.0 - 5.1.6, 5.2.0 - 5.2.17, 5.3.0 - 5.3.29, 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.24 - 5.5.35, 5.6.7 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.33, 7.2.6 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.33, 8.2.0 - 8.2.29, 8.3.0 - 8.3.25, 8.4.1 - 8.4.12
Array ( [0] => 12345 [1] => E )

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