Summary and analysis based on PHP traversal Array

1. foreach ()
Foreach () is the simplest and most effective way to traverse data in an array.
# Example1:

Copy codeThe Code is as follows: <? Php
$ Colors = array ('red', 'blue', 'green', 'yellow ');
Foreach ($ colorsas $ color ){
Echo "Do you like $ color? <Br/> ";
}
?>

Display result:
Do you like red?
Do you like blue?
Do you like green?
Do you like yellow?

2. while ()
While () is usually used with list () and each.
# Example2:

Copy codeThe Code is as follows: <? Php
$ Colors = array ('red', 'blue', 'green', 'yellow ');
While (list ($ key, $ val) = each ($ colors )){
Echo "Other list of $ val. <br/> ";
}
?>

Display result:
Other list of red.
Other list of blue.
Other list of green.
Other list of yellow.

3. ()
# Example3:

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$ Arr = array ("0" => "zero", "1" => "one", "2" => "two ");
For ($ I = 0; $ I <count ($ arr); $ I ++ ){
$ Str = $ arr [$ I];
Echo "the number is $ str. <br/> ";
}
?>

Display result:
The number is zero.
The number is one.
The number is two.

========== The following is a function introduction ============
Key ()
Mixed key (array input_array)
The key () function returns the key element at the current pointer position in input_array.
# Example4

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$ Capitals = array ("Ohio" => "Columbus", "Towa" => "Des Moines", "Arizona" => "Phoenix ");
Echo "<p> Can you name the capitals of these states? </P> ";
While ($ key = key ($ capitals )){
Echo $ key. "<br/> ";
Next ($ capitals );
// Each key () call does not push the pointer. Use the next () function.
}
?>

Display result:
Can you name the capitals of these states?
Ohio
Towa
Arizona
Reset ()
Mixed reset (array input_array)
The reset () function is used to set the input_array pointer back to the starting position of the array. If you need to view or process the same Array multiple times in a script, this function is often used. In addition, this function is often used at the end of sorting.
# Example5-append code on # example1Copy codeThe Code is as follows: <? Php
$ Colors = array ('red', 'blue', 'green', 'yellow ');
Foreach ($ colorsas $ color ){
Echo "Do you like $ color? <Br/> ";
}
Reset ($ colors );
While (list ($ key, $ val) = each ($ colors )){
Echo "$ key => $ val <br/> ";
}
?>

Display result:
Do you like red?
Do you like blue?
Do you like green?
Do you like yellow?
0 => red
1 => blue
2 => green
3 => yellow
Note:When an array is assigned to another array, the original array pointer is reset. Therefore, if $ colors is assigned to another variable in the previous example, an infinite loop is triggered.
For example, add $ s1 = $ colors; to the while loop and execute the code again, the browser will display the results endlessly.
Each ()
Array each (array input_array)
The each () function returns the current key/value pair of the input array and pushes the pointer to a position. The returned array contains four keys. Keys 0 and key contain the key name, while keys 1 and value contain the corresponding data. If the pointer before execution of each () is located at the end of the array, FALSE is returned.
# Example6Copy codeThe Code is as follows: <? Php
$ Capitals = array ("Ohio" => "Columbus", "Towa" => "Des Moines", "Arizona" => "Phoenix ");
$ S1 = each ($ capitals );
Print_r ($ s1 );
?>

Display result:
Array ([1] => Columbus [value] => Columbus [0] => Ohio [key] => Ohio)
Current (), next (), prev (), end ()
Mixed current (array target_array)
The current () function returns the array value at the current pointer position of the target_array array. Unlike the next (), prev (), and end () functions, current () does not move the pointer.
The next () function returns the array value that is placed next to the current array pointer.
The prev () function returns the array value located at the first position of the current pointer. if the pointer is located at the first position of the array, FALSE is returned.
The end () function moves the pointer to the last position of target_array and returns the last element.
# Example7
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$ Fruits = array ("apple", "orange", "banana ");
$ Fruit = current ($ fruits); // return "apple"
Echo $ fruit. "<br/> ";
$ Fruit = next ($ fruits); // return "orange"
Echo $ fruit. "<br/> ";
$ Fruit = prev ($ fruits); // return "apple"
Echo $ fruit. "<br/> ";
$ Fruit = end ($ fruits); // return "banana"
Echo $ fruit. "<br/> ";
?>

Display result:
Apple
Orange
Apple
Banana
===============Below to test the speed of the three traversal arrays ================
Generally, there are three methods to traverse an array: for, while, and foreach. Among them, the easiest and most convenient is foreach. Next, let's test the time it takes to traverse a one-dimensional array with 50000 subtopics.
Test environment:
Intel Core Due2 2 GHz
2 Gbit/s 1067 MHz DDR3
Mac OS X 10.5.7
Apache 2.0.59
MySQL 5.0.41
PHP 5.2.6
# Example8Copy codeThe Code is as follows: <? Php
$ Arr = array ();
For ($ I = 0; I I <50000; $ I ++ ){
$ Arr [] = $ I * rand (1000,9999 );
}
Function GetRunTime ()
{
List ($ usec, $ sec) = explode ("", microtime ());
Return (float) $ usec + (float) $ sec );
}
######################################
$ Time_start = GetRunTime ();
For ($ I = 0; $ I <count ($ arr); $ I ++ ){
$ Str = $ arr [$ I];
}
$ Time_end = GetRunTime ();
$ Time_used = $ time_end-$ time_start;
Echo 'used time of for: '. round ($ time_used, 7).' (s) <br/> ';
Unset ($ str, $ time_start, $ time_end, $ time_used );
######################################
$ Time_start = GetRunTime ();
While (list ($ key, $ val) = each ($ arr )){
$ Str = $ val;
}
$ Time_end = GetRunTime ();
$ Time_used = $ time_end-$ time_start;
Echo 'used time of while: '. round ($ time_used, 7).' (s) <br/> ';
Unset ($ str, $ key, $ val, $ time_start, $ time_end, $ time_used );
######################################
$ Time_start = GetRunTime ();
Foreach ($ arr as $ key => $ val ){
$ Str = $ val;
}
$ Time_end = GetRunTime ();
$ Time_used = $ time_end-$ time_start;
Echo 'used time of foreach: '. round ($ time_used, 7).' (s) <br/> ';
?>

Test results:
Used time of for: 0.0228429 (s)
Used time of while: 0.0544658 (s)
Used time of foreach: 0.0085628 (s)
After repeated tests, the results show that for traversing the same array, foreach is the fastest, while is the slowest. In principle, foreach operates on the array copy (by copying the array), while moves the internal indicator of the array, while should be faster than foreach (because foreach first copies the array when starting execution, while directly moves the internal indicator .), But the result is just the opposite. The reason should be that foreach is implemented inside PHP, while is a general loop structure. Therefore, foreach is simple and efficient in common applications. In PHP5, foreach can also traverse class attributes.