PHP | Ds\Collection toArray() Function

The Ds\Collection::toArray() function is an inbuilt function in PHP which is used to converts the collections into array.

Syntax:

public Ds\Collection::toArray( void ) : array

Parameters: This function does not accepts any parameters.

Return Value: This function returns an array containing all collection elements.

Below programs illustrate the public Ds\Collection::toArray() function in PHP:

Example 1:

<?php

// Create a collection
$collection = new \Ds\Vector([10, 15, 21, 13, 16, 18]);

// Use toArray() function to convert
// collections to array
var_dump($collection->toArray());

?>

Output:

array(6) {
  [0] => int(10)
  [1] => int(15)
  [2] => int(21)
  [3] => int(13)
  [4] => int(16)
  [5] => int(18)
}

Example 2:

<?php

// Create a collection
$collection = new \Ds\Vector([10, 15, 21, 13, 16, 18]);

// Display the collection element
print_r($collection);

// Use toArray() function to convert
// collection into array and print it
print_r($collection->toArray());

?>

Output:

Ds\Vector Object
(
    [0] => 10
    [1] => 15
    [2] => 21
    [3] => 13
    [4] => 16
    [5] => 18
)
Array
(
    [0] => 10
    [1] => 15
    [2] => 21
    [3] => 13
    [4] => 16
    [5] => 18
)

Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/ds-collection.toarray.php