Object Iteration
PHP provides a way for objects to be defined so it is possible to iterate through a list of items, with, for example a foreach statement. By default, all visible properties will be used for the iteration.
Example #1 Simple Object Iteration
<?php class MyClass { public $var1 = 'value 1'; public $var2 = 'value 2'; public $var3 = 'value 3'; protected $protected = 'protected var'; private $private = 'private var'; function iterateVisible() { echo "MyClass::iterateVisible:\n"; foreach ($this as $key => $value) { print "$key => $value\n"; } } } $class = new MyClass(); foreach($class as $key => $value) { print "$key => $value\n"; } echo "\n"; $class->iterateVisible(); ?>
The above example will output:
var1 => value 1 var2 => value 2 var3 => value 3 MyClass::iterateVisible: var1 => value 1 var2 => value 2 var3 => value 3 protected => protected var private => private var
As the output shows, the foreach iterated through all of the visible properties that could be accessed.
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