problem parsing a simple array

[mlecho]

Array ( [15] => stdClass Object ( [tid] => 15 [vid] => 5 [name] => humdie hume di [description] => blah blah blah [weight] => 0 [language] => en [trid] => 0 ) ) 

the array above is giving me a bit of trouble. I need to hone in on the name property of the object in the array. Problem is, Array([15] can change...it could be any number there. I need a way to parse this array, that is not concerned with what number is after Array . While this works

echo ($row[15]->name);

i can not use a number to identify.....any thoughts.

[NogDog]

One way:

reset($row); // only needed if you would have moved the array pointer for some reason
$arr = current($row);
echo $arr->name;

[mlecho]

holy crap.

where have i been?? current()- never knew about that.
THANKS so much

[Weedpacket]

As a matter of fact, the [man]reset[/man] itself returns the first element of the array as well.

On the other hand, if there really is only one element in the array then the reset is a no-op 🙂