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FilterIterator::accept

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(PHP 5 >= 5.1.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Check whether the current element of the iterator is acceptable

Description

FilterIterator::accept(): bool

Returns whether the current element of the iterator is acceptable through this filter.

Parameters Parameters

Return Values

true if the current element is acceptable, otherwise false.

Examples

FilterIterator::accept() example

php
<?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:

output
more than 10 characters

Source: reference/spl/filteriterator/accept.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)