RecursiveArrayIterator::getChildren

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)

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

public RecursiveArrayIterator RecursiveArrayIterator::getChildren ( void )

Returns an iterator for the current iterator entry.

Returns:

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

Exception:

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

Examples:

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