The InfiniteIterator class

(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Introduction

The InfiniteIterator allows one to infinitely iterate over an iterator without having to manually rewind the iterator upon reaching its end.

Class synopsis

class InfiniteIterator extends IteratorIterator {
/* Methods */
public __construct(Iterator $iterator)
public next(): void
/* Inherited methods */
}

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Anonymous
11 years ago
to loop through object keys and reset to the start, try this:
<?php

$obj
= new stdClass();
$obj->Mon = "Monday";
$obj->Tue = "Tuesday";
$obj->Wed = "Wednesday";
$obj->Thu = "Thursday";
$obj->Fri = "Friday";
$obj->Sat = "Saturday";
$obj->Sun = "Sunday";

$infinate = new InfiniteIterator(new ArrayIterator($obj));
foreach ( new
LimitIterator($infinate, 0, 14) as $value ) {
print(
$value . PHP_EOL);
}

?>

will output:

Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday

Can be useful when doing date operations or recurring events
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vascowhite at gmail dot com
11 years ago
It is important to realise that rewind() must be called on any iterator before using it or you may experience undefined behaviour, see example code and output here http://3v4l.org/rvNpU

See this bug report https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=63823&edit=2 for a fuller explanation.
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