PHP | ArrayIterator getArrayCopy() Function

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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