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iterator_apply

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

iterator_applyCall a function for every element in an iterator

Description

iterator_apply(Traversable $iterator, callable $callback, ?array $args = null): int

Calls a function for every element in an iterator.

Parameters

iterator

The iterator object to iterate over.

callback

The callback function to call on every element. This function only receives the given args, so it is nullary by default. If count($args) === 3, for instance, the callback function is ternary.

Note: The function must return true in order to continue iterating over the iterator.

args

An array of arguments; each element of args is passed to the callback callback as separate argument.

Return Values

Returns the iteration count.

Examples

Example #1 iterator_apply() example

<?php
function print_caps(Iterator $iterator) {
echo
strtoupper($iterator->current()) . "\n";
return
TRUE;
}

$it = new ArrayIterator(array("Apples", "Bananas", "Cherries"));
iterator_apply($it, "print_caps", array($it));
?>

The above example will output:

APPLES
BANANAS
CHERRIES

See Also

  • array_walk() - Apply a user supplied function to every member of an array

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User Contributed Notes 2 notes

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tezcatl at fedoraproject dot org
6 years ago
Each of the arguments required by the function, must be in the array supplied in the third argument to iterator_apply. You can use references too. Example:

<?php

function translate_to(string $target_language, Iterator $words, array $dictionaries) {

$language = ucfirst($target_language);
$dictionary = $dictionaries[$target_language] ?? 'not found';

if (
$dictionary === 'not found') {
echo
"Not found dictionary for {$language}\n";
return;
}

echo
"English words translated to {$language}\n";

$not_found = [];

iterator_apply($words, function($words, $dictionary, &$not_found){

$english_word = $words->current();

$translated_word = $dictionary[$english_word] ?? '';

if (
$translated_word !== '') {
echo
"{$english_word} translates to {$translated_word}\n";
} else {
$not_found[] = $english_word;
}

return
true;

}, array(
$words, $dictionary, &$not_found));

echo
"\nNot found words:\n" . implode("\n", $not_found) . "\n";
}

$dictionaries = [
'nahuatl' => [
'one' => 'Ze',
'two' => 'Ome',
'three' => 'Yei',
'four' => 'Nahui',
],
];

$iterator = new \ArrayIterator(array('one', 'two', 'three', 'four', 'gasoil'));

translate_to('nahuatl', $iterator, $dictionaries);
?>

English words translated to Nahuatl
one translates to Ze
two translates to Ome
three translates to Yei
four translates to Nahui

Not found words:
gasoil
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tezcatl at fedoraproject dot org
6 years ago
Be aware of the proper methods to iterate the specific Iterator you are consuming, as the implementation of the method could vary its behaviour.

For example, unlike the ArrayIterator, you can't iterate on a SplDoubleLinkedList with current() without using next() on every iteration (and then, only would iterate if you return true at the end of the callable. It is far easier then with LinkedLists use a while($it->valid()) { $it->current(); $it->next(); }

Let's see:

<?php

$ll
= new \SplDoublyLinkedList();

$ll->push('ze');
$ll->push('ome');
$ll->push('yei');
$ll->push('nahui');

$ll->rewind();

$iterations_done = iterator_apply($ll, function(Iterator $it) {

echo
implode("\t=>", [
$it->key(),
$it->current(),
ucfirst($it->current())
]),
"\n";

return
true;

}, array(
$ll));

echo
"Did iterate {$iterations_done} times \n";

$ll->rewind();

$iterations_done = iterator_apply($ll, function(Iterator $it) {

echo
implode("\t=>", [
$it->key(),
$it->current(),
ucfirst($it->current())
]),
"\n";

$it->next();

return
true;

}, array(
$ll));

echo
"Did iterate {$iterations_done} times \n";

$ll->setIteratorMode(SplDoublyLinkedList::IT_MODE_FIFO | SplDoublyLinkedList::IT_MODE_DELETE);

var_dump($ll->count());

foreach(
$ll as $key => $val) {
echo
"{$key}\t",ucfirst($val),"\n";
}

var_dump($ll->count());
?>

Output:

0 =>ze =>Ze
0 =>ze =>Ze
0 =>ze =>Ze
0 =>ze =>Ze
Did iterate 4 times
0 =>ze =>Ze
1 =>ome =>Ome
2 =>yei =>Yei
3 =>nahui =>Nahui
Did iterate 4 times
int(4)
0 Ze
0 Ome
0 Yei
0 Nahui
int(0)
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