The CachingIterator::getCache() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to retrieve the contents of the cache.
Syntax:
array CachingIterator::getCache( void )
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters.
Return Value: This function returns an array containing the cache items.
Below programs illustrate the CachingIterator::getCache() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php // Declare an array $arr = array ( 'G' , 'e' , 'e' , 'k' , 's' ); // Create a new CachingIterator $cachIt = new CachingIterator( new ArrayIterator( $arr ), CachingIterator::FULL_CACHE ); // Move to next position $cachIt ->next(); // Display the content of cache var_dump( $cachIt ->getCache()); // Move to next position $cachIt ->next(); // Display the content of cache var_dump( $cachIt ->getCache()); ?> |
array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "G" } array(2) { [0]=> string(1) "G" [1]=> string(1) "e" }
Program 2:
<?php // Declare an ArrayIterator $arr = array ( "a" => "Geeks" , "b" => "for" , "c" => "Geeks" , "d" => "Computer" , "e" => "Science" , "f" => "Portal" ); // Create a new CachingIterator $cachIt = new CachingIterator( new ArrayIterator( $arr ), CachingIterator::FULL_CACHE ); // Move to next position $cachIt ->next(); $cachIt ->next(); $cachIt ->next(); // Display the content of cache var_dump( $cachIt ->getCache()); // Move to next position $cachIt ->next(); // Display the content of cache var_dump( $cachIt ->getCache()); ?> |
array(3) { ["a"]=> string(5) "Geeks" ["b"]=> string(3) "for" ["c"]=> string(5) "Geeks" } array(4) { ["a"]=> string(5) "Geeks" ["b"]=> string(3) "for" ["c"]=> string(5) "Geeks" ["d"]=> string(8) "Computer" }
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/cachingiterator.getcache.php