RecursiveArrayIterator::getChildren

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)

RecursiveArrayIterator::getChildren — Returns an iterator for the current entry if it is an array or an object

Description

public RecursiveArrayIterator::getChildren ( ) : RecursiveArrayIterator

Returns an iterator for the current iterator entry.

Parameters

This function has no parameters.

Return Values

An iterator for the current entry, if it is an array or object.

Errors/Exceptions

An InvalidArgumentException will be thrown if the current entry does not contain an array or an object.

Examples

Example #1 RecursiveArrayIterator::getChildren() example

<?php
$fruits = array("a" => "lemon", "b" => "orange", array("a" => "apple", "p" => "pear"));

$iterator = new RecursiveArrayIterator($fruits);

while ($iterator->valid()) {

    if ($iterator->hasChildren()) {
        // print all children
        foreach ($iterator->getChildren() as $key => $value) {
            echo $key . ' : ' . $value . "\n";
        }
    } else {
        echo "No children.\n";
    }

    $iterator->next();
}
?>

The above example will output:

No children.
No children.
a : apple
p : pear