<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!-- $Revision: 1.27 $ --> <!-- splitted from ./en/functions/array.xml, last change in rev 1.2 --> <refentry xml:id="function.array-walk" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"> <refnamediv> <refname>array_walk</refname> <refpurpose>Apply a user function to every member of an array</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <methodsynopsis> <type>bool</type><methodname>array_walk</methodname> <methodparam><type>array</type><parameter role="reference">array</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam><type>callback</type><parameter>funcname</parameter></methodparam> <methodparam choice="opt"><type>mixed</type><parameter>userdata</parameter></methodparam> </methodsynopsis> <simpara> &return.success; </simpara> <simpara> Applies the user-defined function <parameter>funcname</parameter> to each element of the <parameter>array</parameter> array. Typically, <parameter>funcname</parameter> takes on two parameters. The <parameter>array</parameter> parameter's value being the first, and the key/index second. If the optional <parameter>userdata</parameter> parameter is supplied, it will be passed as the third parameter to the callback <parameter>funcname</parameter>. </simpara> <simpara> If function <parameter>funcname</parameter> requires more parameters than given to it, an error of level <link linkend="errorfunc.constants"> E_WARNING</link> will be generated each time <function>array_walk</function> calls <parameter>funcname</parameter>. These warnings may be suppressed by prepending the PHP error operator <link linkend="language.operators.errorcontrol">@</link> to the <function>array_walk</function> call, or by using <function>error_reporting</function>. </simpara> <note> <para> If <parameter>funcname</parameter> needs to be working with the actual values of the array, specify the first parameter of <parameter>funcname</parameter> as a <link linkend="language.references">reference</link>. Then, any changes made to those elements will be made in the original array itself. </para> </note> <note> <para> Passing the key and userdata to <parameter>funcname</parameter> was added in 4.0.0 </para> </note> <para> <function>array_walk</function> is not affected by the internal array pointer of <parameter>array</parameter>. <function> array_walk</function> will walk through the entire array regardless of pointer position. </para> <para> Users may not change the array itself from the callback function. e.g. Add/delete elements, unset elements, etc. If the array that <function>array_walk</function> is applied to is changed, the behavior of this function is undefined, and unpredictable. </para> <para> <example> <title><function>array_walk</function> example</title> <programlisting role="php"> <![CDATA[ <?php $fruits = array("d" => "lemon", "a" => "orange", "b" => "banana", "c" => "apple"); function test_alter(&$item1, $key, $prefix) { $item1 = "$prefix: $item1"; } function test_print($item2, $key) { echo "$key. $item2<br />\n"; } echo "Before ...:\n"; array_walk($fruits, 'test_print'); array_walk($fruits, 'test_alter', 'fruit'); echo "... and after:\n"; array_walk($fruits, 'test_print'); ?> ]]> </programlisting> &example.outputs; <screen role="php"> <![CDATA[ Before ...: d. lemon a. orange b. banana c. apple ... and after: d. fruit: lemon a. fruit: orange b. fruit: banana c. fruit: apple ]]> </screen> </example> </para> <simpara> See also <function>array_walk_recursive</function>, <function>create_function</function>, <function>list</function>, <link linkend="control-structures.foreach">foreach</link>, <function>each</function>, <function>call_user_func_array</function>, and <function>array_map</function>, and &seealso.callback;. </simpara> </refsect1> </refentry> <!-- Keep this comment at the end of the file Local variables: mode: sgml sgml-omittag:t sgml-shorttag:t sgml-minimize-attributes:nil sgml-always-quote-attributes:t sgml-indent-step:1 sgml-indent-data:t indent-tabs-mode:nil sgml-parent-document:nil sgml-default-dtd-file:"../../../../manual.ced" sgml-exposed-tags:nil sgml-local-catalogs:nil sgml-local-ecat-files:nil End: vim600: syn=xml fen fdm=syntax fdl=2 si vim: et tw=78 syn=sgml vi: ts=1 sw=1 -->