Last Updated : 17 Mar 2025

The PHP next( ) function is used to advance the internal array pointer. It advances the internal array pointer one place forward before returning the element value. This function was introduced in PHP 4.0.

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Returns

The PHP next( ) function returns the value of the next element in the array on success or false if there are no more elements.

Example 1

Output:

T

Example 2

Output:

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c

Example 3

Output:

java
c
os

Example 4

Output:

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