(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7)
FilterIterator::accept — Check whether the current element of the iterator is acceptable
public abstract FilterIterator::accept ( ) : bool
Returns whether the current element of the iterator is acceptable through this filter.
This function has no parameters.
true if the current element is acceptable, otherwise false.
Example #1 FilterIterator::accept() example
<?php
// This iterator filters all values with less than 10 characters
class LengthFilterIterator extends FilterIterator {
public function accept() {
// Only accept strings with a length of 10 and greater
return strlen(parent::current()) >= 10;
}
}
$arrayIterator = new ArrayIterator(array('test1', 'more than 10 characters'));
$lengthFilter = new LengthFilterIterator($arrayIterator);
foreach ($lengthFilter as $value) {
echo $value . "\n";
}
?> The above example will output:
more than 10 characters
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