<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <!-- $Revision: 1.28 $ --> <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 role="description"> &reftitle.description; <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> Applies the user-defined function <parameter>funcname</parameter> to each element of the <parameter>array</parameter> array. </simpara> <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> </refsect1> <refsect1 role="parameters"> &reftitle.parameters; <para> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><parameter>array</parameter></term> <listitem> <para> The input array. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><parameter>funcname</parameter></term> <listitem> <para> Typically, <parameter>funcname</parameter> takes on two parameters. The <parameter>array</parameter> parameter's value being the first, and the key/index second. </para> <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> <para> Users may not change the <parameter>array</parameter> 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> </listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><parameter>userdata</parameter></term> <listitem> <para> If the optional <parameter>userdata</parameter> parameter is supplied, it will be passed as the third parameter to the callback <parameter>funcname</parameter>. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> </para> </refsect1> <refsect1 role="returnvalues"> &reftitle.returnvalues; <para> &return.success; </para> </refsect1> <refsect1 role="errors"> &reftitle.errors; <para> 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>. </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>4.0.0</entry> <entry> Passing the key and <parameter>userdata</parameter> to <parameter>funcname</parameter> was added. </entry> </row> </tbody> </tgroup> </informaltable> </para> </refsect1> <refsect1 role="examples"> &reftitle.examples; <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> </refsect1> <refsect1 role="seealso"> &reftitle.seealso; <para> <simplelist> <member><function>array_walk_recursive</function></member> <member><function>create_function</function></member> <member><function>list</function></member> <member><function>each</function></member> <member><function>call_user_func_array</function></member> <member><function>array_map</function></member> <member>&seealso.callback;</member> <member><link linkend="control-structures.foreach">foreach</link></member> </simplelist> </para> </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 -->