reset array pointer weird behavior

[guillermobytes]

Hi everyone,

I need some help here with a situation where I have an array and a call to reset() or even when assigning that array to another variable the internal pointer does not point to the first element!!!

I don't know how to debug this..

the array is an object attribute and it is set from a preg_match_all( ) call.

i'm sure there are elements in the array... I don't understand :(

here is a debug result :

preg_match_all($regex, $input, $this->_matches, PREG_SET_ORDER);
reset($this->_matches);
$a = $this->_matches;

output content of $this->_matches :

print_r($this->_matches);
Array
(
    [0] => Array
        (
            [0] => <a href="index.php?lien=acteur&nom=Erin Kelly">Erin Kelly</a>, 
            [1] => Erin Kelly
        )
 
    [1] => Array
        (
            [0] => <a href="index.php?lien=acteur&nom=Diane Gaidry">Diane Gaidry</a>, 
            [1] => Diane Gaidry
        )
 
    [2] => Array
        (
            [0] => <a href="index.php?lien=acteur&nom=Kevin McCarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a>, 
            [1] => Kevin McCarthy
        )
 
)

trying to get first element :

(list($key, $this->_currentMatch) = each($this->_currentMatches));

output $this->_currentMatc h //supposedly first array element... but actually last element!

print_r($this->_currentMatch);
Array
(
    [0] => <a href="index.php?lien=acteur&nom=Kevin McCarthy">Kevin McCarthy</a>, 
    [1] => Kevin McCarthy
)

if you have any suggestions they are very very wellcome

Thank you very much!

[JKing]

Are you using a loop anywhere in your code?