ArrayObject::STD_PROP_LIST: Properties of the object have their normal functionality when accessed as list (var_dump(), foreach, etc.).
ArrayObject::ARRAY_AS_PROPS: Entries can be accessed as properties (read and write). The ArrayObject class uses its own logic to access properties, thus no warning or error is raised when trying to read or write dynamic properties.

İçindekiler

ArrayObject::append — Appends the value
ArrayObject::asort — Sort the entries by value
ArrayObject::__construct — Construct a new array object
ArrayObject::count — Get the number of public properties in the ArrayObject
ArrayObject::exchangeArray — Exchange the array for another one
ArrayObject::getArrayCopy — Creates a copy of the ArrayObject
ArrayObject::getFlags — Gets the behavior flags
ArrayObject::getIterator — Create a new iterator from an ArrayObject instance
ArrayObject::getIteratorClass — Gets the iterator classname for the ArrayObject
ArrayObject::ksort — Sort the entries by key
ArrayObject::natcasesort — Sort an array using a case insensitive "natural order" algorithm
ArrayObject::natsort — Sort entries using a "natural order" algorithm
ArrayObject::offsetExists — Returns whether the requested index exists
ArrayObject::offsetGet — Returns the value at the specified index
ArrayObject::offsetSet — Sets the value at the specified index to newval
ArrayObject::offsetUnset — Unsets the value at the specified index
ArrayObject::serialize — Serialize an ArrayObject
ArrayObject::setFlags — Sets the behavior flags
ArrayObject::setIteratorClass — Sets the iterator classname for the ArrayObject
ArrayObject::uasort — Sort the entries with a user-defined comparison function and maintain key association
ArrayObject::uksort — Sort the entries by keys using a user-defined comparison function
ArrayObject::unserialize — Unserialize an ArrayObject

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php5 dot man at lightning dot hu ¶

12 years ago


As you know ArrayObject is not an array so you can't use the built in array functions. Here's a trick around that:

Extend the ArrayObject class with your own and implement this magic method:

<?php
    public function __call($func, $argv)
    {
        if (!is_callable($func) || substr($func, 0, 6) !== 'array_')
        {
            throw new BadMethodCallException(__CLASS__.'->'.$func);
        }
        return call_user_func_array($func, array_merge(array($this->getArrayCopy()), $argv));
    }
?>

Now you can do this with any array_* function:
<?php
$yourObject->array_keys();
?>
- Don't forget to ommit the first parameter - it's automatic!

Note: You might want to write your own functions if you're working with large sets of data.

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rwn dot gallego at gmail dot com ¶

11 years ago


There is a better explanation about the ArrayObject flags (STD_PROP_LIST and ARRAY_AS_PROPS) right here: 

http://stackoverflow.com/a/16619183/1019305

Thanks to JayTaph

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bub at gmail dot com ¶

2 years ago


If you need the last key of your collection use:
<?php
array_key_last($this->getArrayCopy())
?>

In an extending class it could look like:
<?php
class Collection extends ArrayObject
{
    public function lastKey(): int
    {
        return array_key_last($this->getArrayCopy());
    }
}
?>

If you want to use any type safe collection:
<?php
class BookCollection extends Collection
{
    public function add(Book $book) : void
    {
        $this->offsetSet($book->id, $book);
    }

    // note the return type "Book"
    public function get(int $bookId) : Book 
    {
        $this->offsetGet($bookId);
    }
}
?>

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hello at rayfung dot hk ¶

3 years ago


If you want to use built-in array function with ArrayObject, store the iterator instance and return the value as reference in offsetGet.

<?php
class Collection extends \ArrayObject {
    public function __construct(array $data = [])
    {
        if (!\is_array($data) && !\array_key_exists('ArrayAccess', class_implements($data))) {
            $data = [$data];
        }

        $this->iterator = $this->getIterator();
        parent::__construct($data);
    }

    public function &offsetGet($index)
    {
        $value = &$this->iterator[$index] ?? null;

        return $value;
    }
}
?>

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MarkAndrewSlade at gmail dot com ¶

13 years ago


I found the description of STD_PROP_LIST a bit vague, so I put together a simple demonstration to show its behavior:

<?php                                                     
                                                          
$a = new ArrayObject(array(), ArrayObject::STD_PROP_LIST);
    $a['arr'] = 'array data';                             
    $a->prop = 'prop data';                               
$b = new ArrayObject();                                   
    $b['arr'] = 'array data';                             
    $b->prop = 'prop data';                               
                                                          
// ArrayObject Object                                     
// (                                                      
//      [prop] => prop data                               
// )                                                      
print_r($a);                                              
                                                          
// ArrayObject Object                                     
// (                                                      
//      [arr] => array data                               
// )                                                      
print_r($b);                                              
                                                          
?>

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deminy at deminy dot net ¶

15 years ago


Generally variable $this can't be used as an array within an object context. For example, following code piece would cause a fatal error:

<?php
class TestThis {
    public function __set($name, $val) {
        $this[$name] = $val;
    }

    public function __get($name) {
        return $this[$name];
    }
}

$obj = new TestThis();
$obj->a = 'aaa';
echo $obj->a . "\n";
?>

But things are different when $this is used in an ArrayObject object. e.g., following code piece are valid:

<?php
class TestArrayObject extends ArrayObject {    
    public function __set($name, $val) {
        $this[$name] = $val;
    }

    public function __get($name) {
        return $this[$name];
    }
}

$obj = new TestArrayObject();
$obj->a = 'aaa';
echo $obj->a . "\n";
?>

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Gilles A ¶

9 years ago


// Example STD_PROP_LIST and ARRAY_AS_PROP combined
<?php
$ao = new ArrayObject();
$ao ->setFlags(ArrayObject::STD_PROP_LIST|ArrayObject::ARRAY_AS_PROPS);

$ao->prop = 'prop data';
$ao['arr'] = 'array data';

print_r($ao);

?>

// Result

ArrayObject Object
(
    [storage:ArrayObject:private] =&gt; Array
        (
            [prop] => prop data
            [arr] => array data
        )

)

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rob at tdd dot org dot uk ¶

13 years ago


I don't believe the same performance is true since PHP 5.3. Using the same fill, read_key and foreach approach on both native arrays and ArrayObjects with 10000 keys I get the following

PHP 5.2

array() fill         0.013101
array() read         0.008685
array() foreach      0.004319
ArrayObject fill     0.014136
ArrayObject read     0.010003
ArrayObject foreach  3.454612

PHP 5.3

array() fill         0.010395
array() read         0.005933
array() foreach      0.001903
ArrayObject fill     0.010598
ArrayObject read     0.006387
ArrayObject foreach  0.003451

This was the code I used for both, an array or ArrayObject is passed into each of the functions. Again PEAR::Benchmark was used to get the results.

<?php
require_once 'Benchmark/Timer.php';

define('KEYS', 10000);

function fill(&$arr) {
    for ($i = 1; $i <= KEYS; $i++) {
        $arr['key-' . $i] = $i;
    }
}

function read_key(&$arr) {
    for ($i = 1; $i <= KEYS; $i++) {
        $v = $arr['key-' . $i];
    }
}

function fe(&$arr) {
    foreach ($arr as $key => $value) {
        $v = $value;
    }
}
?>

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fatindeed at hotmail dot com ¶

5 years ago


class RecursiveArrayObject extends \ArrayObject
{
    public function __construct($input = array())
    {
        $data = array();
        foreach ($input as $key => $value) {
            if (is_array($value)) {
                $value = new self($value);
            }
            $data[$key] = $value;
        }
        parent::__construct($data, \ArrayObject::ARRAY_AS_PROPS);
    }
}

$company = new RecursiveArrayObject(array(
    'ceo' => array(
        'id' => 1,
        'name' => 'tony',
        'age' => 36
    ),
    'coo' => array(
        'id' => 2,
        'name' => 'matt',
        'age' => 35
    ),
    'cto' => array(
        'id' => 3,
        'name' => 'james',
        'age' => 35
    )
));

var_dump($company->cto->name); // string(5) "james"
var_dump($company['coo']['name']); // string(4) "matt"

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danbettles at yahoo dot co dot uk ¶

15 years ago


To implement array-style appending (e.g. "$object[] = 'foo';") in your own class implementing the ArrayAccess _interface_, all you need do is check if the key passed to your implementation of offsetSet() is NULL.  Something like the following.

<?php

class MyArrayObject implements ArrayAccess {

    /**
     * @var array
     */
    private $aValue;

    // ...

    /**
     * @see ArrayAccess::offsetSet()
     */
    public function offsetSet ($p_key, $p_value) {
        if (is_null($p_key)) {
            $this->aValue[] = $p_value;
        }
        else {
            $this->aValue[$p_key] = $p_value;
        }
    }

    // ...
}
?>

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Anonymous ¶

16 years ago


Too bad the Array functions [1] are not available on this object… otherwise I would be using it all the time.

[1] http://nl.php.net/manual/en/ref.array.php

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sfinktah at php dot spamtrak dot org ¶

13 years ago


If you plan to derive your own class from ArrayObject, and  wish to maintain complete ArrayObject functionality (such as being able to cast to an array), it is necessary to use ArrayObject's own private property "storage".



Since that is impossible to do directly, you must use ArrayObject's offset{Set,Get,Exists,Unset} methods to manipulate it indirectly.



As a side benefit, this means you inherit all the iteration and other functions in complete working order.



This may sound obvious to someone who has never implemented their own ArrayObject class...  but it is far from so.



<?php



class MyArrayObject extends ArrayObject {

        static $debugLevel = 2;



        static public function sdprintf() {

                if (static::$debugLevel > 1) {

                        call_user_func_array("printf", func_get_args());

                }

        }



        public function offsetGet($name) { 

                self::sdprintf("%s(%s)\n", __FUNCTION__, implode(",", func_get_args()));

                return call_user_func_array(array(parent, __FUNCTION__), func_get_args());

        }

        public function offsetSet($name, $value) { 

                self::sdprintf("%s(%s)\n", __FUNCTION__, implode(",", func_get_args()));

                return call_user_func_array(array(parent, __FUNCTION__), func_get_args());

        }

        public function offsetExists($name) { 

                self::sdprintf("%s(%s)\n", __FUNCTION__, implode(",", func_get_args()));

                return call_user_func_array(array(parent, __FUNCTION__), func_get_args());

        }

        public function offsetUnset($name) { 

                self::sdprintf("%s(%s)\n", __FUNCTION__, implode(",", func_get_args()));

                return call_user_func_array(array(parent, __FUNCTION__), func_get_args());

        }

}



$mao = new MyArrayObject();

$mao["name"] = "bob";

$mao["friend"] = "jane";

print_r((array)$mao);



/* Output:

 

offsetSet(name,bob)

offsetSet(friend,jane)

Array

(

    [name] => bob

    [friend] => jane

)       */

?>



If you wish to use the "Array as Properties" flag, you simply need to include this in your constructor: 



<?php parent::setFlags(parent::ARRAY_AS_PROPS); ?>



This will allow you to do things such as the below example, without overriding __get or __set .



<?php

$mao->name = "Phil";

echo $mao["name"];   /* Outputs "Phil" */

?>

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Vuong Nguyen ¶

6 years ago


You can easily realise that ArrayObject can use various functions as they are in ArrayIterator to iterate an object-as-a-array. However, you need to "activate" these function (rewind, valid, next and so on...) by using getIterator() first. Actually this function inherits from Iterator Aggregate interface.

Take a look at the following basic example. The results are the same:

<?php

$array = [1, 2, 3, 4];
$a = new ArrayObject($array);
$b = new ArrayIterator($array);

$iterator = $a->getIterator();

for($iterator->rewind(); $iterator->valid(); $iterator->next()){
    echo $iterator->current()*2;
    
}

for($b->rewind(); $b->valid(); $b->next()){
    echo $b->current()*2; 
    
}

//Resulst are the same 2468 AND 2468

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rudie ¶

6 years ago


If you want numerical ArrayObject objects to play nice with json_encode(), implement JsonSerializable:

class JsonSerializableArrayObject extends ArrayObject implements JsonSerializable {
    function jsonSerialize() {
        return $this->getArrayCopy();
    }
}

For assoc ArrayObject objects this isn't neccesary, but for numerical arrays it is, otherwise they will be formatted like

{"0":"jaap","1":"karel"}

instead of

["jaap","karel"]

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Mahmoud Elnezamy ¶

8 years ago


<?php
class Prototype extends ArrayObject
{
    private $___class = null;
    
    public function __get($key)
    {
        return $this[$key];
    }

    public function __set($key, $value)
    {
        $this[$key] =  $value;
    }
    
    public function __call($key, $args)
    {
        if(is_object($this->___class) && is_callable([$this->___class, $key])){
            return call_user_func_array([$this->___class, $key],$args);
        }
        return is_callable($c = $this->__get($key)) ? call_user_func_array($c, $args) : null;
    }

    public function importObj($class,  $array = []){
        $this->___class = $class;
        if(count($array) > 0){
            $this->import($array);
        }
        return $this;
    }

    public function import($input)
    {
        $this->exchangeArray($input);
        return $this;
    }

    public function export()
    {
        return $this->objectToArray($this->getArrayCopy());
    }

    public function objectToArray ($object) {
        $o = [];
        foreach ($object as $key => $value) {
           $o[$key] = is_object($value) ? (array) $value: $value;
        }
        return $o;
    }

}

class user{
    public $name = 'Mahmoud Elnezamy';
    public function getName(){
        return 'You Name is ' . $this->name;
    }
}

//usage you can import object with some array

$add = ['age' => '27', 'country' => 'Egypt'];
$user = new user;
$Prototype = new Prototype;
$Prototype->importObj($user, $add);
//print_r($Prototype);

echo $Prototype->getName().' ';
echo $Prototype->age.' ';
echo $Prototype->country;

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lsrzj at yahoo dot com ¶

3 years ago


Differences between STD_PROP_LIST and ARRAY_AS_PROPS

<?php
$a = new ArrayObject([], ArrayObject::STD_PROP_LIST);
$a['arr'] = 'Array data';
$a->prop = 'Prop data';

$b = new ArrayObject([], ArrayObject::ARRAY_AS_PROPS);
$b['arr'] = 'Array data';
$b->prop = 'Prop data';

print_r($a);
/* Output

ArrayObject Object
(
    [prop] => Prop data
    [storage:ArrayObject:private] => Array
        (
            [arr] => Array data
        )

)*/

print_r($b);
/* Output

ArrayObject Object
(
    [storage:ArrayObject:private] => Array
        (
            [arr] => Array data
            [prop] => Prop data
        )

)*/

?>

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rasmus at mindplay dot dk ¶

10 months ago


Note that this does not truly "allow objects to work as arrays" - an `ArrayObject` will not type-check as an array:

<?php

function gimme(array $a) {
    var_dump($a);
}

$a = new ArrayObject([1,2,3]);

var_dump(is_array($a)); // false

gimme($a); // Uncaught TypeError: gimme(): Argument #1 ($a) must be of type array, ArrayObject given

?>

If you want something that type-checks both for arrays and `ArrayObject`, use the `iterable` pseudotype instead:

<?php

function gimme(iterable $a) {
    var_dump($a);
}

$a = [1,2,3];

var_dump(is_iterable($a)); // true

var_dump($a instanceof iterable); // false (iterable is a pseudo-type and cannot be type-checked using instanceof)

gimme($a); // works

gimme(new ArrayObject($a)); // works

?>

Notice the caveat here, that arrays will not type-check as `instanceof iterable`, because pseudotypes cannot be checked that way - if you need a run-time type-check, use `is_iterable` for the type-check instead.

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ke dot chankrisna168 at gmail dot com ¶

4 years ago


function map_of_array(array $element, $callable)
{
    foreach ($element as $key => $value) {
        $callable($key, $value);
    }
}

Usage: 

$key_values = ["name" => "krisna", "level" => 10];

map_of_array($key_values, function ($key, $value) {
      echo "\n", $key, "=", $value;
});

Result:

name=krisna
level=10

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skrebbel at gmail dot com ¶

15 years ago


According to my benchmarks, doing foreach() on an ArrayObject is significantly slower than doing so on a vanilla array(). However, inserting keys and retrieving them is almost the same speed.

So, if performance is important, consider not using ArrayObject or descendant classes when you're iterating over its values a lot.

These are my timing results, using PEAR::Benchmark:

ArrayObject fill            0.01441502571106    
ArrayObject read_key        0.018320083618164    
ArrayObject read_foreach    2.1559031009674    

array() fill                0.012364864349365    
array() read_key            0.013092041015625    
array() read_foreach        0.011217832565308    

In all cases, 'fill()' inserts 10000 numbers at string keys, 'read_key()' reads all of those values by referencing the keys, and 'read_foreach()' does the same by walking through the array(object) with foreach().

As you can see, filling or reading from an ArrayObject by key is only 10% to 15% slower, but doing a foreach() is 200 times as costly. I am not sure what the cause of this may be.

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dave at csixty4 dot com ¶

16 years ago


If you want to use array functions on an ArrayObject, why not use iterator_to_array() to get a standard PHP array?  Do your operations on that array, then instantiate a new ArrayObject, passing it the array.

This might be a little slow on large ArrayObjects, but you'd have access to all of the array functions.

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mehea ¶

11 years ago


Long story short b/c arrays by default are passed by value, if you pass an array to a function, the function works on a copy of the array while the original array remains unaltered by the function.



You may cause a change to the array to be reflected in the original array by having the function return the altered array and assign it to the variable for the original array, as follows:



<?php

function my_array_modify($data) { 

    $data['b'] = 2;

    return $data;     

} 



$regularArray = array(); 



$regularArray['a'] = 1; 

 

$regularArray = my_array_modify($regularArray); 



var_dump($regularArray['b']); // 2 

?>



Or, you may explicitly pass the array by reference in which case there is no need for the function to return the array since the change will have effected the original array, as follows:



<?php

function my_arrayref_modify(&$data) { 

    $data['bb'] = 22;

} 

my_arrayref_modify($regularArray);

var_dump($regularArray['bb']); // 22

?>

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marijn at sensimedia dot nl ¶

13 years ago


A gotcha that is indeed mentioned in the manual, but isn't readily obvious and just cost me half an hour:

Objects implementing the Serializable interface do NOT get __sleep and __wakeup called; instead, they use serialize and unserialize methods, respectively (why, I don't know, but whatever - I'm sure there's a reason).

Hence, I was trying to serialize a database resultset in an object extending ArrayObject, and needed to fix some stuff regarding database resources on serialize. Took me a while to figure out __sleep wasn't getting called because ArrayObjects implements Serialize...

Presumably the ArrayObject internally implements the serialize/unserialize methods (in a trivial manner), hence the error wasn't apparent immediately (i.e., no fatal error was thrown) and I'd been trying to track why my objects didn't get serialized (they were of course) instead of renaming and fixing the methods.

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Venelin Vulkov ¶

16 years ago


Simple example of usage : 

<?php

$array = array('Buck','Jerry','Tomas');

$arrayObject = new ArrayObject($array);
// Add new element
$arrayObject->append('Tweety');

// We are getting the iterator of the object
$iterator = $arrayObject->getIterator();

// Simple while loop
while ($iterator->valid()) {
    echo $iterator->current() . "\n";
    $iterator->next();
}

/* Outputs */
Buck
Jerry
Tomas
Tweety

?>

Note that not all the public methods of this class are documented here .
( Which includes a lot sorting methods ) .

Regards

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