mibexx/collection

Can convert array to collection objects and back to array

Collection-Object

Collections to use as objects for lists.
Can convert arrays to collections and collections to arrays.
Collections are iterable., _(*1)

Installation

composer require mibexx/collection, _(*2)

Configuration

There is no configuration needed, _(*3)

Usage

Convert array to collection:, _(*4)

use mibexx\collection\Collection\Collection;
use mibexx\collection\Parser\CollectionParser;

$list = [
    'foo' => 'bar',
    'fuzz' => [
        'foo' => 'buzz'
    ]
];

$parser = new CollectionParser();
$collection = new Collection();
$parser->convertToCollection($list, $collection);

echo $collection->get('foo')->get(); // prints bar
echo $collection->get('fuzz')->get('foo')->get(); // prints buzz

Create collection and convert to array:, _(*5)

use mibexx\collection\Collection\Collection;
use mibexx\collection\Parser\ArrayParser;

$parser = new ArrayParser();
$collection = new Collection();

$fuzz = new Collection();
$fuzz->set('foo', new SimpleElement('buzz'));

$collection->set('foo', new SimpleElement('bar'));
$collection->set('fuzz', new CollectionElement($fuzz));

$newList = $parser->convertToArray($collection);

print_r($newList);
/* equal to:
array(
    'foo' => 'bar',
    'fuzz' => [
        'foo' => 'buzz'
    ]
)
*/