[thinglie]

CODE

function english_list($array, $glue=", ", $lastglue=" and ", $oxfordglue=1) {
if (count($array) == 0) {
return FALSE;
} elseif (count($array) == 1) {
return $array[0];
}
$count = count($array)-1;
$last = $array[$count];
unset($array[$count]);
$str = join($glue, $array);
if ($oxfordglue) {
$str .= $glue;
}
$str .= "$glue"."$last";
return $str; }

This code generates a readable list:

CODE

english_list(array("Me", "You", "Him", "Her"));

returns "Me, You, Him, and Her".

[paulOr]

very nice

[Salathe]

Another alternative (behaves similarly though not precisely the same) :

CODE

echo english_list(array('Peter', 'Paul', 'Mary'));

function english_list($list, $conjunction = ' and ', $glue = ', ', $serial_comma = FALSE)
{
    if (is_scalar($list))
        return (string) $list;
    
    if ( ! is_array($list) || empty($list))
        return '';
    
    $end    = array_pop($list);
    $result = implode($glue, $list);
    if (count($list))
    {
        $result .= $serial_comma ? $glue : '';
        $result .= $conjunction;
    }
    $result .= $end;
    
    return $result;
}