The ArrayIterator::getArrayCopy() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to create a copy of an array.
Syntax:
array ArrayIterator::getArrayCopy( void )
Parameters: This function does not accept any parameters.
Return Value: This function returns the copy of array.
Below programs illustrate the ArrayIterator::getArrayCopy() function in PHP:
Program 1:
<?php // Declare an ArrayIterator $arrItr = new ArrayIterator( array('G', 'e', 'e', 'k', 's', 'f', 'o', 'r') ); // Create a copy of array $copyArr = $arrItr->getArrayCopy(); // Display the array iterator element var_dump($copyArr); ?> |
Output:
array(8) {
[0]=>
string(1) "G"
[1]=>
string(1) "e"
[2]=>
string(1) "e"
[3]=>
string(1) "k"
[4]=>
string(1) "s"
[5]=>
string(1) "f"
[6]=>
string(1) "o"
[7]=>
string(1) "r"
}
Program 2:
<?php // Declare an ArrayIterator $arrItr = new ArrayIterator( array("Geeks", "for", "Geeks") ); // Append the element into array $arrItr->append("Computer"); $arrItr->append("Science"); $arrItr->append("Portal"); // Create copy of array iterator $copyArr = $arrItr->getArrayCopy(); // Display the array element var_dump($copyArr); ?> |
Output:
array(6) {
[0]=>
string(5) "Geeks"
[1]=>
string(3) "for"
[2]=>
string(5) "Geeks"
[3]=>
string(8) "Computer"
[4]=>
string(7) "Science"
[5]=>
string(6) "Portal"
}
Reference: https://www.php.net/manual/en/arrayiterator.getarraycopy.php
