Copy the iterator into an array

iterator_to_array

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)

iterator_to_array — Copy the iterator into an array

Description

array iterator_to_array ( Traversable $iterator [, bool $use_keys = true ] )

Copy the elements of an iterator into an array.

Parameters

iterator: The iterator being copied.
use_keys: Whether to use the iterator element keys as index.

Return Values

An array containing the elements of the iterator.

Changelog

Version	Description
5.2.1	The `use_keys` parameter was added.

Examples

Example #1 iterator_to_array() example


<?php
$iterator = new ArrayIterator(array('recipe'=>'pancakes', 'egg', 'milk', 'flour'));
var_dump(iterator_to_array($iterator, true));
var_dump(iterator_to_array($iterator, false));
?>

The above example will output:

array(4) {
  ["recipe"]=>
  string(8) "pancakes"
  [0]=>
  string(3) "egg"
  [1]=>
  string(4) "milk"
  [2]=>
  string(5) "flour"
}
array(4) {
  [0]=>
  string(8) "pancakes"
  [1]=>
  string(3) "egg"
  [2]=>
  string(4) "milk"
  [3]=>
  string(5) "flour"
}