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