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ArrayIterator::current

(PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

ArrayIterator::currentReturn current array entry

Description

public ArrayIterator::current(): mixed

Get the current array entry.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

The current array entry.

Examples

Example #1 ArrayIterator::current() example

<?php
$array
= array('1' => 'one',
'2' => 'two',
'3' => 'three');

$arrayobject = new ArrayObject($array);

for(
$iterator = $arrayobject->getIterator();
$iterator->valid();
$iterator->next()) {

echo
$iterator->key() . ' => ' . $iterator->current() . "\n";
}
?>

The above example will output:

1 => one
2 => two
3 => three

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pcdinh at phpvietnam dot net
17 years ago
ArrayIterator is only used for interating simple arrays of which the value part is not another array. You can test it with a more complex array like this:

$arr = array (
\\\'Section 1\\\' => array (
\\\'Cat 1\\\' => array (
1 => array (
1 => \\\'So 1\\\',
2=> \\\'So 2\\\'
),
2 => \\\'So 2\\\'
),

\\\'Cat 2\\\' => array (
\\\'Sub-cat 1\\\' => array (
1 => \\\'So 1\\\',
2=> \\\'So 2\\\'
),
\\\'Sub-cat 2\\\' => \\\'So 2\\\'
)
),

\\\'Section 2\\\' => array (
\\\'Cat 1\\\' => array (

),

\\\'Cat 2\\\' => array (
\\\'Sub-cat 1\\\' => array (
1 => \\\'So 1\\\',
2=> \\\'So 2\\\'
),
\\\'Sub-cat 2\\\' => \\\'So 2\\\'
)
)
);

$arrayobject = new ArrayObject($arr);

for($iterator = $arrayobject->getIterator();
$iterator->valid();
$iterator->next()) {

echo $iterator->key() . \\\' => \\\' . $iterator->current() . \\\"<br />\\\";
}

The above scriptlet will return

Section 1 => Array
Section 2 => Array

because it can not recursively iterate throught the array.

Do the following instead (in PHP5.1):

$arrayIterator = new RecursiveArrayIterator($arr);
$iterator = new RecursiveIteratorIterator($arrayIterator);
foreach ($iterator as $val) {
echo $val.\\\'<br/>\\\';
}
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