iterator_to_array

Copy the elements of an iterator into an array.

The iterator being copied.

Whether to use the iterator element keys as index.

In PHP 5.5 and later, if a key is an array or object, a warning will be generated. NULL keys will be converted to an empty string, double keys will be truncated to their integer counterpart, resource keys will generate a warning and be converted to their resource ID, and boolean keys will be converted to integers.

An array containing the elements of the iterator.

iterator_to_array() integer string use_keys

The use_keys parameter was added.

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

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"
}