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<refentry xml:id="function.iterator-to-array" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>iterator_to_array</refname>
  <refpurpose>Copy the iterator into an array</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>array</type><methodname>iterator_to_array</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>Traversable</type><parameter>iterator</parameter></methodparam>
   <methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>use_keys</parameter><initializer>true</initializer></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Copy the elements of an iterator into an array.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>iterator</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       The iterator being copied.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>use_keys</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       Whether to use the iterator element keys as index.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   An <type>array</type> containing the elements of the <parameter>iterator</parameter>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <para>
   <informaltable>
    <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
      <row>
       <entry>&Version;</entry>
       <entry>&Description;</entry>
      </row>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
      <row>
       <entry>5.2.1</entry>
       <entry>
        The <parameter>use_keys</parameter> parameter was added.
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title><function>iterator_to_array</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$iterator = new ArrayIterator(array('recipe'=>'pancakes', 'egg', 'milk', 'flour'));
var_dump(iterator_to_array($iterator, true));
var_dump(iterator_to_array($iterator, false));
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
array(4) {
  ["recipe"]=>
  string(8) "pancakes"
  [0]=>
  string(3) "egg"
  [1]=>
  string(4) "milk"
  [2]=>
  string(5) "flour"
}
array(4) {
  [0]=>
  string(8) "pancakes"
  [1]=>
  string(3) "egg"
  [2]=>
  string(4) "milk"
  [3]=>
  string(5) "flour"
}
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>

</refentry>

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