You can iterate internally with your own external iterator or interface of a class.
Interface summary
Iterator extends Traversable { /* 方法 */ abstract public mixed current ( void ) abstract public scalar key ( void ) abstract public void next ( void ) abstract public void rewind ( void ) abstract public boolean valid ( void ) }
Predefined iterators
PHP already provides some iterators for daily tasks, such as SPL iterators.
Example
Example #1 Basic usage
This example shows the calling sequence of iterator methods when using foreach.
<?php class myIterator implements Iterator { private $position = 0; private $array = array( "firstelement", "secondelement", "lastelement", ); public function __construct() { $this->position = 0; } function rewind() { var_dump(__METHOD__); $this->position = 0; } function current() { var_dump(__METHOD__); return $this->array[$this->position]; } function key() { var_dump(__METHOD__); return $this->position; } function next() { var_dump(__METHOD__); ++$this->position; } function valid() { var_dump(__METHOD__); return isset($this->array[$this->position]); } } $it = new myIterator; foreach($it as $key => $value) { var_dump($key, $value); echo "\n"; } ?>
The output of the above routine is similar to:
string(18) "myIterator::rewind" string(17) "myIterator::valid" string(19) "myIterator::current" string(15) "myIterator::key" int(0) string(12) "firstelement" string(16) "myIterator::next" string(17) "myIterator::valid" string(19) "myIterator::current" string(15) "myIterator::key" int(1) string(13) "secondelement" string(16) "myIterator::next" string(17) "myIterator::valid" string(19) "myIterator::current" string(15) "myIterator::key" int(2) string(11) "lastelement" string(16) "myIterator::next" string(17) "myIterator::valid"
Method list
Iterator::current — Returns the current element
Iterator::key — Returns the key of the current element
Iterator::next — Moves forward to the next An element
Iterator::rewind — Returns the first element of the iterator
Iterator::valid — Checks whether the current position is valid