Intro:The Array lterator

The Array lterator
Alternatively,you may perfer to use an ArrayIterator(new in PHP 5.0)which provides a ready-made,extensible tool to loop over array elements.Here's a simple example:

<?php
//define array
$cities=array(
"United Kingdom"=>"London",
"United States"=>"washington",
"France"=>"Paris",
"India"=>"Delhi"
);

//create an ArrayIterator object
$iterator=new ArrayIterator($cities);
//rewind to beginning of array
$iterator->rewind();
//iterte over array
//print each value
while($iterator->valid()){
    print $iterator->current()."is in ".$iterator->key()."./r/n";
    $iterator->next();
}
?>
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In this listing,an ArrayIterator object is initialized with an array variable,and the object's rewind() method is used to reset the internal array pointer to the first element of the array.A while loop,which runs so long as a valid() element exists, can then be used to iterate over the array.Indivdual array keys are retrieved with the key() method,and their corresponding values are retrieced with the current() method.The next() method moves the internal array pointer forward to the next array element.