current: to read the value of the array cursor position

echo current(array);

$my_array=array("First One", "Second One", "Third One", "Fourth One", "Fifth One" );
echo current($my_array); // Output first one

$my_array=array("First One", "Second One", "Third One", "Fourth One");
echo current($my_array); // Output first one
next($my_array);
echo current($my_array);// Output Second One

Difference between each and current

$my_array=array("First One", "Second One", "Third One", "Fourth One", "Fifth One" );
echo key($my_array); // Output is 0 

$my_array=array("First One", "Second One", "Third One", "Fourth One", "Fifth One");

echo current($my_array); // Output : First One 
echo next($my_array); // Output : Second One 
echo next($my_array); // Output : Third One 
echo prev($my_array); // Output : Second One 
echo end($my_array); // Output : Fifth One 
echo reset($my_array); // Output : First One

Example: Iterating Through Arrays with current(), next(), and prev()

$arr = array("apple", "banana", "cherry");
echo current($arr);  // Output: apple
next($arr);
echo current($arr);  // Output: banana
prev($arr);
echo current($arr);  // Output: apple

Example: Using current() with Multidimensional Arrays

$arr = array(
    array("name" => "John", "age" => 30),
    array("name" => "Jane", "age" => 25)
);
echo current($arr)["name"];  // Output: John
next($arr);
echo '<br>';
echo current($arr)["name"];  // Output: Jane

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