Serial comma from array in PHP - php

Question

I am trying to make string serial comma from array. Here is the code I use:
<?php
echo "I eat " . implode(', ',array('satay','orange','rambutan'));
?>
But the results I get:
I eat satay, orange, rambutan
Cannot:
I eat satay, orange, and rambutan
Yet!
So, I made my own function:
<?php
function array_to_serial_comma($ari,$konj=" and ",$delimiter=",",$space=" "){
// If not array, then quit
if(!is_array($ari)){
return false;
};
$rturn=array();
// If more than two
// then do actions
if(count($ari)>2){
// Reverse array
$ariBlk=array_reverse($ari,false);
foreach($ariBlk as $no=>$c){
if($no>=(count($ariBlk)-1)){
$rturn[]=$c.$delimiter;
}else{
$rturn[]=($no==0)?
$konj.$c
: $space.$c.$delimiter;
};
};
// Reverse array
// to original
$rturn=array_reverse($rturn,false);
$rturn=implode($rturn);
}else{
// If >=2 then regular merger
$rturn=implode($konj,$ari);
};
// Return
return $rturn;
};
?>
Thus:
<?php
$eat = array_to_serial_comma(array('satay','orange','rambutan'));
echo "I eat $eat";
?>
Result:
I eat satay, orange, and rambutan
Is there a more efficient way, using a native PHP function maybe?
Edit:
Based on code from #Mash, I modifying the code that might be useful:
<?php
function array_to_serial_comma($ari,$konj=" and ",$delimiter=",",$space=" "){
// If not array, then quit
if(!is_array($ari)){
return false;
};
$rturn=array();
// If more than two
// then do actions
if(count($ari)>2){
$akr = array_pop($ari);
$rturn = implode($delimiter.$space, $ari) . $delimiter.$konj.$akr;
}else{
// If >=2 then regular merger
$rturn=implode($konj,$ari);
};
// Return
return $rturn;
};
?>

Answer 1

Here's a much cleaner way:
<?php
$array = array('satay','orange','rambutan');
$last = array_pop($array);
echo "I eat " . implode(', ', $array) . ", and " . $last;
?>
array_pop() takes the last element out of the array and assign it to $last

Answer 2

<?php
$arr = array('satay','orange','rambutan');
print("I eat ".implode(", ", array_slice($arr, 0, count($arr)-1))." and ".$arr[count($arr)-1]);
?>

Answer 3

Try like this:
$array = array('satay','orange','rambutan');
echo "I eat ".join(' and ', array_filter(array_merge(array(join(', ', array_slice($array, 0, -1))), array_slice($array, -1))));
Duplicate question: Implode array with ", " and add "and " before last item

Answer 4

<?php
$arr = array('satay','orange','rambutan');
$lastElement = array_pop($arr);
echo "I eat " . implode(', ',$arr)." and ".$lastElement;
?>
This will result the same :
I eat satay, orange and rambutan

Answer 5

How about this?
function render_array_as_serial_comma($items) {
$items = $variables['items'];
if (count($items) > 1) {
$last = array_pop($items);
return implode(', ', $items) . ' and ' . $last;
}
return array_pop($items);
}
This should do the following:
echo render_array_as_serial_comma(array('a'));
echo render_array_as_serial_comma(array('a', 'b'));
echo render_array_as_serial_comma(array('a', 'b', 'c'));
a
a and b
a, b and c