ArrayObject::setIteratorClass

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0)

ArrayObject::setIteratorClass — Sets the iterator classname for the ArrayObject.

Description

void ArrayObject::setIteratorClass ( string $iterator_class )

Sets the classname of the array iterator that is used by ArrayObject::getIterator().

Parameters

iterator_class

The classname of the array iterator to use when iterating over this object.

Return Values

No value is returned.

Examples

Example #1 ArrayObject::setIteratorClass() example

<?php
// Custom ArrayIterator (inherits from ArrayIterator)
class MyArrayIterator extends ArrayIterator {
    // custom implementation
}

// Array of available fruits
$fruits = array("lemons" => 1, "oranges" => 4, "bananas" => 5, "apples" => 10);

$fruitsArrayObject = new ArrayObject($fruits);

// Set the iterator classname to the newly
$fruitsArrayObject->setIteratorClass('MyArrayIterator');
print_r($fruitsArrayObject->getIterator());

?>

The above example will output:

MyArrayIterator Object
(
    [lemons] => 1
    [oranges] => 4
    [bananas] => 5
    [apples] => 10
)