arrayiterator php,PHP: ArrayIterator::current - Manual

ArrayIterator is only used for interating simple arrays of which the value part is not another array. You can test it with a more complex array like this:

$arr = array (

\\\'Section 1\\\' => array (

\\\'Cat 1\\\' => array (

1 => array (

1 => \\\'So 1\\\',

2=> \\\'So 2\\\'

),

2 => \\\'So 2\\\'

),

\\\'Cat 2\\\' => array (

\\\'Sub-cat 1\\\' => array (

1 => \\\'So 1\\\',

2=> \\\'So 2\\\'

),

\\\'Sub-cat 2\\\' => \\\'So 2\\\'

)

),

\\\'Section 2\\\' => array (

\\\'Cat 1\\\' => array (

),

\\\'Cat 2\\\' => array (

\\\'Sub-cat 1\\\' => array (

1 => \\\'So 1\\\',

2=> \\\'So 2\\\'

),

\\\'Sub-cat 2\\\' => \\\'So 2\\\'

)

)

);

$arrayobject = new ArrayObject($arr);

for($iterator = $arrayobject->getIterator();

$iterator->valid();

$iterator->next()) {

echo $iterator->key() . \\\' => \\\' . $iterator->current() . \\\"
\\\";

}

The above scriptlet will return

Section 1 => Array

Section 2 => Array

because it can not recursively iterate throught the array.

Do the following instead (in PHP5.1):

$arrayIterator = new RecursiveArrayIterator($arr);

$iterator = new RecursiveIteratorIterator($arrayIterator);

foreach ($iterator as $val) {

echo $val.\\\'
\\\';

}