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Generator::send

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Generator::send向生成器中传入一个值

说明

public Generator::send(mixed $value): mixed

向生成器中传入一个值,并且当做 yield 表达式的结果,然后继续执行生成器。

如果当这个方法被调用时,生成器不在 yield 表达式,那么在传入值之前,它会先运行到第一个 yield 表达式。 因此没有必要调用 Generator::next() 让 PHP 生成器 “准备”(就像是 Python 那样做)。

参数

value

传入生成器的值。这个值将会被作为生成器当前所在的 yield 的返回值

返回值

返回生成的值。

示例

示例 #1 用 Generator::send() 向生成器函数中传值

<?php
function printer() {
echo
"I'm printer!".PHP_EOL;
while (
true) {
$string = yield;
echo
$string.PHP_EOL;
}
}

$printer = printer();
$printer->send('Hello world!');
$printer->send('Bye world!');
?>

以上示例会输出:

I'm printer!
Hello world!
Bye world!

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sfroelich01 at sp dot gm dot ail dot am dot com
11 years ago
Reading the example, it is a bit difficult to understand what exactly to do with this. The example below is a simple example of what you can do this.

<?php
function nums() {
for (
$i = 0; $i < 5; ++$i) {
//get a value from the caller
$cmd = (yield $i);

if(
$cmd == 'stop')
return;
//exit the function
}
}

$gen = nums();
foreach(
$gen as $v)
{
if(
$v == 3)//we are satisfied
$gen->send('stop');

echo
"{$v}\n";
}

//Output
0
1
2
3
?>
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9
php at didatus dot de
3 years ago
If you want to use generator::send() within a foreach loop, you will most likely get an unexpected result. The Generator::send() method resumes the generator, which means the pointer within the generator is moved to the next element in the generator list.

Here is an example:

<?php

class ApiDummy
{
private static
$apiDummyData = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e'];

public static function
getAll(): Generator {
foreach (
self::$apiDummyData as $entry) {
echo
'yielding $elem' . PHP_EOL;
$newElem = (yield $entry);
echo
'yield return: ' . $newElem . PHP_EOL;
}
}
}

$generator = ApiDummy::getAll();

// example iteration one with unexpected result
foreach ($generator as $elem) {
echo
'value from generator: ' . $elem . PHP_EOL;
$generator->send($elem . '+');
}

// example iteration two with the expected result
while ($generator->valid()) {
$elem = $generator->current();
echo
'value from generator: ' . $elem . PHP_EOL;
$generator->send($elem . '+');
}
?>

The result of example iteration one:
yielding $elem
value from generator: a
yield return: a+
yielding $elem
yield return:
yielding $elem
value from generator: c
yield return: c+
yielding $elem
yield return:
yielding $elem
value from generator: e
yield return: e+

As you can see, the values b and d are not printed out and also not extended by the + sign.
The foreach loop receives the first yield and the send call causes a second yield within the first loop. Therefor the second loop already receives the third yield and so on.

To avoid this, one solution could be to use a while loop and the Generator::send() method to move the generator cursor forward and the Generator::current() method to retrieve the current value. The loop can be controlled with the Generator::valid() method which returns false, if the generator has finished. See example iterator two.

The expected result of example iteration two:
yielding $elem
value from generator: a
yield return: a+
yielding $elem
value from generator: b
yield return: b+
yielding $elem
value from generator: c
yield return: c+
yielding $elem
value from generator: d
yield return: d+
yielding $elem
value from generator: e
yield return: e+
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anonymous at example dot com
5 years ago
As of 7.3, the behavior of a generator in a foreach loop depends on whether or not it expects to receive data. Relevant if you are experiencing "skips".

<?php
class X implements IteratorAggregate {
public function
getIterator(){
yield from [
1,2,3,4,5];
}
public function
getGenerator(){
foreach (
$this as $j => $each){
echo
"getGenerator(): yielding: {$j} => {$each}\n";
$val = (yield $j => $each);
yield;
// ignore foreach's next()
echo "getGenerator(): received: {$j} => {$val}\n";
}
}
}
$x = new X;

foreach (
$x as $i => $val){
echo
"getIterator(): {$i} => {$val}\n";
}
echo
"\n";

$gen = $x->getGenerator();
foreach (
$gen as $j => $val){
echo
"getGenerator(): sending: {$j} => {$val}\n";
$gen->send($val);
}
?>

getIterator(): 0 => 1
getIterator(): 1 => 2
getIterator(): 2 => 3
getIterator(): 3 => 4
getIterator(): 4 => 5

getGenerator(): yielding: 0 => 1
getGenerator(): sending: 0 => 1
getGenerator(): received: 0 => 1
getGenerator(): yielding: 1 => 2
getGenerator(): sending: 1 => 2
getGenerator(): received: 1 => 2
getGenerator(): yielding: 2 => 3
getGenerator(): sending: 2 => 3
getGenerator(): received: 2 => 3
getGenerator(): yielding: 3 => 4
getGenerator(): sending: 3 => 4
getGenerator(): received: 3 => 4
getGenerator(): yielding: 4 => 5
getGenerator(): sending: 4 => 5
getGenerator(): received: 4 => 5
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sergei dot solomonov at gmail dot com
11 years ago
<?php
function foo() {
$string = yield;
echo
$string;
for (
$i = 1; $i <= 3; $i++) {
yield
$i;
}
}

$generator = foo();
$generator->send('Hello world!');
foreach (
$generator as $value) echo "$value\n";
?>

This code falls with the error:
PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception 'Exception' with message 'Cannot rewind a generator that was already run'.
foreach internally calls rewind, you should remember this!
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1
baohx2000 at gmail dot com
5 years ago
I have found that inverse generators (using $x = yield) is a great way to handle chunked batch processing. As data is being iterated, once a specific count has been fed to the generator, it processes and resets the data. For example, you could do a batch mysql insert every 500 records.

Example (note the handling of null, which you would send to the generator to handle stragglers after the previous batch)

function importer()
{
$max = 500;
$items = [];
while (true) {
$item = yield;
if ($item !== null) {
$items[] = yield;
}
if ($item === null || count($items) >= $max) {
// do batch operations
$items = [];
}
}
}
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