Class StoppableIterator
Creates an iterator from another iterator that will verify a condition on each step. If the condition evaluates to false, the iterator will not yield more results.
Property Summary
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        $_condition protectedcallableThe condition to evaluate for each item of the collection 
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        $_innerIterator protectedTraversableA reference to the internal iterator this object is wrapping. 
Method Summary
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          __construct() publicCreates an iterator that can be stopped based on a condition provided by a callback. 
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          __debugInfo() publicReturns an array that can be used to describe the internal state of this object. 
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          _createMatcherFilter() protectedReturns a callable that receives a value and will return whether or not it matches certain condition. 
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          _extract() protectedReturns a column from $data that can be extracted by iterating over the column names contained in $path. It will return arrays for elements in represented with {*}
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          _propertyExtractor() protectedReturns a callable that can be used to extract a property or column from an array or object based on a dot separated path. 
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          _simpleExtract() protectedReturns a column from $data that can be extracted by iterating over the column names contained in $path 
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          append() publicReturns a new collection as the result of concatenating the list of elements in this collection with the passed list of elements 
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          appendItem() publicAppend a single item creating a new collection. 
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          avg() publicReturns the average of all the values extracted with $matcher or of this collection. 
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          buffered() publicReturns a new collection where the operations performed by this collection. No matter how many times the new collection is iterated, those operations will only be performed once. 
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          cartesianProduct() publicCreate a new collection that is the cartesian product of the current collection 
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          chunk() publicBreaks the collection into smaller arrays of the given size. 
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          chunkWithKeys() publicBreaks the collection into smaller arrays of the given size. 
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          combine() publicReturns a new collection where the values extracted based on a value path and then indexed by a key path. Optionally this method can produce parent groups based on a group property path. 
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          compile() publicIterates once all elements in this collection and executes all stacked operations of them, finally it returns a new collection with the result. This is useful for converting non-rewindable internal iterators into a collection that can be rewound and used multiple times. 
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          contains() publicReturns true if $value is present in this collection. Comparisons are made both by value and type. 
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          count() publicReturns the amount of elements in the collection. 
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          countBy() publicSorts a list into groups and returns a count for the number of elements in each group. Similar to groupBy, but instead of returning a list of values, returns a count for the number of values in that group. 
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          countKeys() publicReturns the number of unique keys in this iterator. This is, the number of elements the collection will contain after calling toArray()
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          each() publicExecutes the passed callable for each of the elements in this collection and passes both the value and key for them on each step. Returns the same collection for chaining. 
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          every() publicReturns true if all values in this collection pass the truth test provided in the callback. 
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          extract() publicReturns a new collection containing the column or property value found in each of the elements, as requested in the $matcher param. 
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          filter() publicLooks through each value in the collection, and returns another collection with all the values that pass a truth test. Only the values for which the callback returns true will be present in the resulting collection. 
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          first() publicReturns the first result in this collection 
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          firstMatch() publicReturns the first result matching all of the key-value pairs listed in conditions. 
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          groupBy() publicSplits a collection into sets, grouped by the result of running each value through the callback. If $callback is a string instead of a callable, groups by the property named by $callback on each of the values. 
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          indexBy() publicGiven a list and a callback function that returns a key for each element in the list (or a property name), returns an object with an index of each item. Just like groupBy, but for when you know your keys are unique. 
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          insert() publicReturns a new collection containing each of the elements found in $valuesas a property inside the corresponding elements in this collection. The property where the values will be inserted is described by the$pathparameter.
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          isEmpty() publicReturns whether or not there are elements in this collection 
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          jsonSerialize() publicConvert a result set into JSON. 
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          last() publicReturns the last result in this collection 
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          lazy() publicReturns a new collection where any operations chained after it are guaranteed to be run lazily. That is, elements will be yieleded one at a time. 
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          listNested() publicReturns a new collection with each of the elements of this collection after flattening the tree structure. The tree structure is defined by nesting elements under a key with a known name. It is possible to specify such name by using the '$nestingKey' parameter. 
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          map() publicReturns another collection after modifying each of the values in this one using the provided callable. 
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          match() publicLooks through each value in the list, returning a Collection of all the values that contain all of the key-value pairs listed in $conditions. 
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          max() publicReturns the top element in this collection after being sorted by a property. Check the sortBy method for information on the callback and $type parameters 
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          median() publicReturns the median of all the values extracted with $matcher or of this collection. 
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          min() publicReturns the bottom element in this collection after being sorted by a property. Check the sortBy method for information on the callback and $type parameters 
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          nest() publicReturns a new collection where the values are nested in a tree-like structure based on an id property path and a parent id property path. 
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          newCollection() protectedReturns a new collection. 
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          optimizeUnwrap() protectedUnwraps this iterator and returns the simplest traversable that can be used for getting the data out 
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          prepend() publicPrepend a set of items to a collection creating a new collection 
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          prependItem() publicPrepend a single item creating a new collection. 
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          reduce() publicFolds the values in this collection to a single value, as the result of applying the callback function to all elements. $zero is the initial state of the reduction, and each successive step of it should be returned by the callback function. If $zero is omitted the first value of the collection will be used in its place and reduction will start from the second item. 
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          reject() publicLooks through each value in the collection, and returns another collection with all the values that do not pass a truth test. This is the opposite of filter.
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          sample() publicReturns a new collection with maximum $size random elements from this collection 
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          serialize() publicReturns a string representation of this object that can be used to reconstruct it 
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          shuffle() publicReturns a new collection with the elements placed in a random order, this function does not preserve the original keys in the collection. 
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          skip() publicReturns a new collection that will skip the specified amount of elements at the beginning of the iteration. 
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          some() publicReturns true if any of the values in this collection pass the truth test provided in the callback. 
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          sortBy() publicReturns a sorted iterator out of the elements in this collection, ranked in ascending order by the results of running each value through a callback. $callback can also be a string representing the column or property name. 
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          stopWhen() publicCreates a new collection that when iterated will stop yielding results if the provided condition evaluates to true. 
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          sumOf() publicReturns the total sum of all the values extracted with $matcher or of this collection. 
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          take() publicReturns a new collection with maximum $size elements in the internal order this collection was created. If a second parameter is passed, it will determine from what position to start taking elements. 
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          takeLast() publicReturns the last N elements of a collection 
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          through() publicPasses this collection through a callable as its first argument. This is useful for decorating the full collection with another object. 
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          toArray() publicReturns an array representation of the results 
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          toList() publicReturns an numerically-indexed array representation of the results. This is equivalent to calling toArray(false)
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          transpose() publicTranspose rows and columns into columns and rows 
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          unfold() publicCreates a new collection where the items are the concatenation of the lists of items generated by the transformer function applied to each item in the original collection. 
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          unserialize() publicUnserializes the passed string and rebuilds the Collection instance 
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          unwrap() publicReturns the closest nested iterator that can be safely traversed without losing any possible transformations. This is used mainly to remove empty IteratorIterator wrappers that can only slowdown the iteration process. 
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          valid() publicEvaluates the condition and returns its result, this controls whether or not more results will be yielded. 
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          zip() publicCombines the elements of this collection with each of the elements of the passed iterables, using their positional index as a reference. 
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          zipWith() publicCombines the elements of this collection with each of the elements of the passed iterables, using their positional index as a reference. 
Method Detail
__construct() ¶ public
__construct(iterable $items, callable $condition)Creates an iterator that can be stopped based on a condition provided by a callback.
Each time the condition callback is executed it will receive the value of the element in the current iteration, the key of the element and the passed $items iterator as arguments, in that order.
Parameters
- 
                iterable$items
- The list of values to iterate 
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                callable$condition
- A function that will be called for each item in the collection, if the result evaluates to false, no more items will be yielded from this iterator. 
__debugInfo() ¶ public
__debugInfo(): arrayReturns an array that can be used to describe the internal state of this object.
Returns
array_createMatcherFilter() ¶ protected
_createMatcherFilter(array $conditions): ClosureReturns a callable that receives a value and will return whether or not it matches certain condition.
Parameters
- 
                array$conditions
- A key-value list of conditions to match where the key is the property path to get from the current item and the value is the value to be compared the item with. 
Returns
Closure_extract() ¶ protected
_extract(array|ArrayAccess $data, string[] $path): mixedReturns a column from $data that can be extracted
by iterating over the column names contained in $path.
It will return arrays for elements in represented with {*}
Parameters
- 
                array|ArrayAccess$data
- Data. 
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                string[]$path
- Path to extract from. 
Returns
mixed_propertyExtractor() ¶ protected
_propertyExtractor(string|callable $callback): callableReturns a callable that can be used to extract a property or column from an array or object based on a dot separated path.
Parameters
- 
                string|callable$callback
- A dot separated path of column to follow so that the final one can be returned or a callable that will take care of doing that. 
Returns
callable_simpleExtract() ¶ protected
_simpleExtract(array|ArrayAccess $data, string[] $path): mixedReturns a column from $data that can be extracted by iterating over the column names contained in $path
Parameters
- 
                array|ArrayAccess$data
- Data. 
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                string[]$path
- Path to extract from. 
Returns
mixedappend() ¶ public
append(iterable $items): selfReturns a new collection as the result of concatenating the list of elements in this collection with the passed list of elements
Parameters
- 
                iterable$items
Returns
selfappendItem() ¶ public
appendItem(mixed $item, mixed $key = null): selfAppend a single item creating a new collection.
Parameters
- 
                mixed$item
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                mixed$key optional
Returns
selfavg() ¶ public
avg(string|callable|null $matcher = null): float|int|nullReturns the average of all the values extracted with $matcher or of this collection.
Example:
$items = [
 ['invoice' => ['total' => 100]],
 ['invoice' => ['total' => 200]]
];
$total = (new Collection($items))->avg('invoice.total');
// Total: 150
$total = (new Collection([1, 2, 3]))->avg();
// Total: 2Parameters
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                string|callable|null$matcher optional
Returns
float|int|nullbuffered() ¶ public
buffered(): selfReturns a new collection where the operations performed by this collection. No matter how many times the new collection is iterated, those operations will only be performed once.
This can also be used to make any non-rewindable iterator rewindable.
Returns
selfcartesianProduct() ¶ public
cartesianProduct(callable|null $operation = null, callable|null $filter = null): Cake\Collection\CollectionInterfaceCreate a new collection that is the cartesian product of the current collection
In order to create a carteisan product a collection must contain a single dimension of data.
Example
$collection = new Collection([['A', 'B', 'C'], [1, 2, 3]]);
$result = $collection->cartesianProduct()->toArray();
$expected = [
    ['A', 1],
    ['A', 2],
    ['A', 3],
    ['B', 1],
    ['B', 2],
    ['B', 3],
    ['C', 1],
    ['C', 2],
    ['C', 3],
];Parameters
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                callable|null$operation optional
- A callable that allows you to customize the product result. 
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                callable|null$filter optional
- A filtering callback that must return true for a result to be part of the final results. 
Returns
Cake\Collection\CollectionInterfaceThrows
LogicExceptionchunk() ¶ public
chunk(int $chunkSize): selfBreaks the collection into smaller arrays of the given size.
Example:
$items [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11];
$chunked = (new Collection($items))->chunk(3)->toList();
// Returns [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9], [10, 11]]Parameters
- 
                int$chunkSize
Returns
selfchunkWithKeys() ¶ public
chunkWithKeys(int $chunkSize, bool $preserveKeys = true): selfBreaks the collection into smaller arrays of the given size.
Example:
$items ['a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3, 'd' => 4, 'e' => 5, 'f' => 6];
$chunked = (new Collection($items))->chunkWithKeys(3)->toList();
// Returns [['a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3], ['d' => 4, 'e' => 5, 'f' => 6]]Parameters
- 
                int$chunkSize
- 
                bool$preserveKeys optional
Returns
selfcombine() ¶ public
combine(callable|string $keyPath, callable|string $valuePath, callable|string|null $groupPath = null): selfReturns a new collection where the values extracted based on a value path and then indexed by a key path. Optionally this method can produce parent groups based on a group property path.
Examples:
$items = [
 ['id' => 1, 'name' => 'foo', 'parent' => 'a'],
 ['id' => 2, 'name' => 'bar', 'parent' => 'b'],
 ['id' => 3, 'name' => 'baz', 'parent' => 'a'],
];
$combined = (new Collection($items))->combine('id', 'name');
// Result will look like this when converted to array
[
 1 => 'foo',
 2 => 'bar',
 3 => 'baz',
];
$combined = (new Collection($items))->combine('id', 'name', 'parent');
// Result will look like this when converted to array
[
 'a' => [1 => 'foo', 3 => 'baz'],
 'b' => [2 => 'bar']
];Parameters
- 
                callable|string$keyPath
- 
                callable|string$valuePath
- 
                callable|string|null$groupPath optional
Returns
selfcompile() ¶ public
compile(bool $preserveKeys = true): selfIterates once all elements in this collection and executes all stacked operations of them, finally it returns a new collection with the result. This is useful for converting non-rewindable internal iterators into a collection that can be rewound and used multiple times.
A common use case is to re-use the same variable for calculating different data. In those cases it may be helpful and more performant to first compile a collection and then apply more operations to it.
Example:
$collection->map($mapper)->sortBy('age')->extract('name');
$compiled = $collection->compile();
$isJohnHere = $compiled->some($johnMatcher);
$allButJohn = $compiled->filter($johnMatcher);In the above example, had the collection not been compiled before, the
iterations for map, sortBy and extract would've been executed twice:
once for getting $isJohnHere and once for $allButJohn
You can think of this method as a way to create save points for complex calculations in a collection.
Parameters
- 
                bool$preserveKeys optional
Returns
selfcontains() ¶ public
contains(mixed $value): boolReturns true if $value is present in this collection. Comparisons are made both by value and type.
Parameters
- 
                mixed$value
Returns
boolcount() ¶ public
count(): intReturns the amount of elements in the collection.
WARNINGS:
Consumes all elements for NoRewindIterator collections:
On certain type of collections, calling this method may render unusable afterwards. That is, you may not be able to get elements out of it, or to iterate on it anymore.
Specifically any collection wrapping a Generator (a function with a yield statement)
or a unbuffered database cursor will not accept any other function calls after calling
count() on it.
Create a new collection with buffered() method to overcome this problem.
Can report more elements than unique keys:
Any collection constructed by appending collections together, or by having internal iterators returning duplicate keys, will report a larger amount of elements using this functions than the final amount of elements when converting the collections to a keyed array. This is because duplicate keys will be collapsed into a single one in the final array, whereas this count method is only concerned by the amount of elements after converting it to a plain list.
If you need the count of elements after taking the keys in consideration
(the count of unique keys), you can call countKeys()
Will change the current position of the iterator:
Calling this method at the same time that you are iterating this collections, for example in a foreach, will result in undefined behavior. Avoid doing this.
Returns
intcountBy() ¶ public
countBy(callable|string $callback): selfSorts a list into groups and returns a count for the number of elements in each group. Similar to groupBy, but instead of returning a list of values, returns a count for the number of values in that group.
When $callback is a string it should be a property name to extract or a dot separated path of properties that should be followed to get the last one in the path.
Example:
$items = [
 ['id' => 1, 'name' => 'foo', 'parent_id' => 10],
 ['id' => 2, 'name' => 'bar', 'parent_id' => 11],
 ['id' => 3, 'name' => 'baz', 'parent_id' => 10],
];
$group = (new Collection($items))->countBy('parent_id');
// Or
$group = (new Collection($items))->countBy(function ($e) {
 return $e['parent_id'];
});
// Result will look like this when converted to array
[
 10 => 2,
 11 => 1
];Parameters
- 
                callable|string$callback
Returns
selfcountKeys() ¶ public
countKeys(): intReturns the number of unique keys in this iterator. This is, the number of
elements the collection will contain after calling toArray()
This method comes with a number of caveats. Please refer to CollectionInterface::count()
for details.
Returns
inteach() ¶ public
each(callable $c): $thisExecutes the passed callable for each of the elements in this collection and passes both the value and key for them on each step. Returns the same collection for chaining.
Example:
$collection = (new Collection($items))->each(function ($value, $key) {
 echo "Element $key: $value";
});Parameters
- 
                callable$c
Returns
$thisevery() ¶ public
every(callable $c): boolReturns true if all values in this collection pass the truth test provided in the callback.
Each time the callback is executed it will receive the value of the element in the current iteration and the key of the element as arguments, in that order.
Example:
$overTwentyOne = (new Collection([24, 45, 60, 15]))->every(function ($value, $key) {
 return $value > 21;
});Empty collections always return true because it is a vacuous truth.
Parameters
- 
                callable$c
Returns
boolextract() ¶ public
extract(string|callable $matcher): selfReturns a new collection containing the column or property value found in each of the elements, as requested in the $matcher param.
The matcher can be a string with a property name to extract or a dot separated path of properties that should be followed to get the last one in the path.
If a column or property could not be found for a particular element in the collection, that position is filled with null.
Example:
Extract the user name for all comments in the array:
$items = [
 ['comment' => ['body' => 'cool', 'user' => ['name' => 'Mark']],
 ['comment' => ['body' => 'very cool', 'user' => ['name' => 'Renan']]
];
$extracted = (new Collection($items))->extract('comment.user.name');
// Result will look like this when converted to array
['Mark', 'Renan']It is also possible to extract a flattened collection out of nested properties
 $items = [
     ['comment' => ['votes' => [['value' => 1], ['value' => 2], ['value' => 3]]],
     ['comment' => ['votes' => [['value' => 4]]
];
$extracted = (new Collection($items))->extract('comment.votes.{*}.value');
// Result will contain
[1, 2, 3, 4]Parameters
- 
                string|callable$matcher
Returns
selffilter() ¶ public
filter(callable|null $c = null): selfLooks through each value in the collection, and returns another collection with all the values that pass a truth test. Only the values for which the callback returns true will be present in the resulting collection.
Each time the callback is executed it will receive the value of the element in the current iteration, the key of the element and this collection as arguments, in that order.
Example:
Filtering odd numbers in an array, at the end only the value 2 will be present in the resulting collection:
$collection = (new Collection([1, 2, 3]))->filter(function ($value, $key) {
 return $value % 2 === 0;
});Parameters
- 
                callable|null$c optional
Returns
selffirstMatch() ¶ public
firstMatch(array $conditions): mixedReturns the first result matching all of the key-value pairs listed in conditions.
Parameters
- 
                array$conditions
Returns
mixedgroupBy() ¶ public
groupBy(callable|string $callback): selfSplits a collection into sets, grouped by the result of running each value through the callback. If $callback is a string instead of a callable, groups by the property named by $callback on each of the values.
When $callback is a string it should be a property name to extract or a dot separated path of properties that should be followed to get the last one in the path.
Example:
$items = [
 ['id' => 1, 'name' => 'foo', 'parent_id' => 10],
 ['id' => 2, 'name' => 'bar', 'parent_id' => 11],
 ['id' => 3, 'name' => 'baz', 'parent_id' => 10],
];
$group = (new Collection($items))->groupBy('parent_id');
// Or
$group = (new Collection($items))->groupBy(function ($e) {
 return $e['parent_id'];
});
// Result will look like this when converted to array
[
 10 => [
     ['id' => 1, 'name' => 'foo', 'parent_id' => 10],
     ['id' => 3, 'name' => 'baz', 'parent_id' => 10],
 ],
 11 => [
     ['id' => 2, 'name' => 'bar', 'parent_id' => 11],
 ]
];Parameters
- 
                callable|string$callback
Returns
selfindexBy() ¶ public
indexBy(callable|string $callback): selfGiven a list and a callback function that returns a key for each element in the list (or a property name), returns an object with an index of each item. Just like groupBy, but for when you know your keys are unique.
When $callback is a string it should be a property name to extract or a dot separated path of properties that should be followed to get the last one in the path.
Example:
$items = [
 ['id' => 1, 'name' => 'foo'],
 ['id' => 2, 'name' => 'bar'],
 ['id' => 3, 'name' => 'baz'],
];
$indexed = (new Collection($items))->indexBy('id');
// Or
$indexed = (new Collection($items))->indexBy(function ($e) {
 return $e['id'];
});
// Result will look like this when converted to array
[
 1 => ['id' => 1, 'name' => 'foo'],
 3 => ['id' => 3, 'name' => 'baz'],
 2 => ['id' => 2, 'name' => 'bar'],
];Parameters
- 
                callable|string$callback
Returns
selfinsert() ¶ public
insert(string $path, mixed $values): selfReturns a new collection containing each of the elements found in $values as
a property inside the corresponding elements in this collection. The property
where the values will be inserted is described by the $path parameter.
The $path can be a string with a property name or a dot separated path of properties that should be followed to get the last one in the path.
If a column or property could not be found for a particular element in the collection as part of the path, the element will be kept unchanged.
Example:
Insert ages into a collection containing users:
$items = [
 ['comment' => ['body' => 'cool', 'user' => ['name' => 'Mark']],
 ['comment' => ['body' => 'awesome', 'user' => ['name' => 'Renan']]
];
$ages = [25, 28];
$inserted = (new Collection($items))->insert('comment.user.age', $ages);
// Result will look like this when converted to array
[
 ['comment' => ['body' => 'cool', 'user' => ['name' => 'Mark', 'age' => 25]],
 ['comment' => ['body' => 'awesome', 'user' => ['name' => 'Renan', 'age' => 28]]
];Parameters
- 
                string$path
- 
                mixed$values
Returns
selfisEmpty() ¶ public
isEmpty(): boolReturns whether or not there are elements in this collection
Example:
$items [1, 2, 3];
(new Collection($items))->isEmpty(); // false(new Collection([]))->isEmpty(); // trueReturns
booljsonSerialize() ¶ public
jsonSerialize(): arrayConvert a result set into JSON.
Part of JsonSerializable interface.
Returns
arraylazy() ¶ public
lazy(): selfReturns a new collection where any operations chained after it are guaranteed to be run lazily. That is, elements will be yieleded one at a time.
A lazy collection can only be iterated once. A second attempt results in an error.
Returns
selflistNested() ¶ public
listNested(string|int $dir = 'desc', string|callable $nestingKey = 'children'): selfReturns a new collection with each of the elements of this collection after flattening the tree structure. The tree structure is defined by nesting elements under a key with a known name. It is possible to specify such name by using the '$nestingKey' parameter.
By default all elements in the tree following a Depth First Search will be returned, that is, elements from the top parent to the leaves for each branch.
It is possible to return all elements from bottom to top using a Breadth First Search approach by passing the '$dir' parameter with 'asc'. That is, it will return all elements for the same tree depth first and from bottom to top.
Finally, you can specify to only get a collection with the leaf nodes in the tree structure. You do so by passing 'leaves' in the first argument.
The possible values for the first argument are aliases for the following constants and it is valid to pass those instead of the alias:
- desc: RecursiveIteratorIterator::SELF_FIRST
- asc: RecursiveIteratorIterator::CHILD_FIRST
- leaves: RecursiveIteratorIterator::LEAVES_ONLY
Example:
$collection = new Collection([
 ['id' => 1, 'children' => [['id' => 2, 'children' => [['id' => 3]]]]],
 ['id' => 4, 'children' => [['id' => 5]]]
]);
$flattenedIds = $collection->listNested()->extract('id'); // Yields [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]Parameters
- 
                string|int$dir optional
- 
                string|callable$nestingKey optional
Returns
selfmap() ¶ public
map(callable $c): selfReturns another collection after modifying each of the values in this one using the provided callable.
Each time the callback is executed it will receive the value of the element in the current iteration, the key of the element and this collection as arguments, in that order.
Example:
Getting a collection of booleans where true indicates if a person is female:
$collection = (new Collection($people))->map(function ($person, $key) {
 return $person->gender === 'female';
});Parameters
- 
                callable$c
Returns
selfmatch() ¶ public
match(array $conditions): selfLooks through each value in the list, returning a Collection of all the values that contain all of the key-value pairs listed in $conditions.
Example:
$items = [
 ['comment' => ['body' => 'cool', 'user' => ['name' => 'Mark']],
 ['comment' => ['body' => 'very cool', 'user' => ['name' => 'Renan']]
];
$extracted = (new Collection($items))->match(['user.name' => 'Renan']);
// Result will look like this when converted to array
[
 ['comment' => ['body' => 'very cool', 'user' => ['name' => 'Renan']]
]Parameters
- 
                array$conditions
Returns
selfmax() ¶ public
max(callable|string $callback, int $type = \SORT_NUMERIC): mixedReturns the top element in this collection after being sorted by a property. Check the sortBy method for information on the callback and $type parameters
Examples:
// For a collection of employees
$max = $collection->max('age');
$max = $collection->max('user.salary');
$max = $collection->max(function ($e) {
 return $e->get('user')->get('salary');
});
// Display employee name
echo $max->name;Parameters
- 
                callable|string$callback
- 
                int$type optional
Returns
mixedmedian() ¶ public
median(string|callable|null $matcher = null): float|int|nullReturns the median of all the values extracted with $matcher or of this collection.
Example:
$items = [
 ['invoice' => ['total' => 400]],
 ['invoice' => ['total' => 500]]
 ['invoice' => ['total' => 100]]
 ['invoice' => ['total' => 333]]
 ['invoice' => ['total' => 200]]
];
$total = (new Collection($items))->median('invoice.total');
// Total: 333
$total = (new Collection([1, 2, 3, 4]))->median();
// Total: 2.5Parameters
- 
                string|callable|null$matcher optional
Returns
float|int|nullmin() ¶ public
min(callable|string $callback, int $type = \SORT_NUMERIC): mixedReturns the bottom element in this collection after being sorted by a property. Check the sortBy method for information on the callback and $type parameters
Examples:
// For a collection of employees
$min = $collection->min('age');
$min = $collection->min('user.salary');
$min = $collection->min(function ($e) {
 return $e->get('user')->get('salary');
});
// Display employee name
echo $min->name;Parameters
- 
                callable|string$callback
- 
                int$type optional
Returns
mixednest() ¶ public
nest(callable|string $idPath, callable|string $parentPath, string $nestingKey = 'children'): selfReturns a new collection where the values are nested in a tree-like structure based on an id property path and a parent id property path.
Parameters
- 
                callable|string$idPath
- 
                callable|string$parentPath
- 
                string$nestingKey optional
Returns
selfnewCollection() ¶ protected
newCollection(mixed ...$args): Cake\Collection\CollectionInterfaceReturns a new collection.
Allows classes which use this trait to determine their own type of returned collection interface
Parameters
- 
                mixed...$args
- Constructor arguments. 
Returns
Cake\Collection\CollectionInterfaceoptimizeUnwrap() ¶ protected
optimizeUnwrap(): iterableUnwraps this iterator and returns the simplest traversable that can be used for getting the data out
Returns
iterableprepend() ¶ public
prepend(mixed $items): selfPrepend a set of items to a collection creating a new collection
Parameters
- 
                mixed$items
Returns
selfprependItem() ¶ public
prependItem(mixed $item, mixed $key = null): selfPrepend a single item creating a new collection.
Parameters
- 
                mixed$item
- 
                mixed$key optional
Returns
selfreduce() ¶ public
reduce(callable $c, mixed $zero = null): mixedFolds the values in this collection to a single value, as the result of applying the callback function to all elements. $zero is the initial state of the reduction, and each successive step of it should be returned by the callback function. If $zero is omitted the first value of the collection will be used in its place and reduction will start from the second item.
Parameters
- 
                callable$c
- 
                mixed$zero optional
Returns
mixedreject() ¶ public
reject(callable $c): selfLooks through each value in the collection, and returns another collection with
all the values that do not pass a truth test. This is the opposite of filter.
Each time the callback is executed it will receive the value of the element in the current iteration, the key of the element and this collection as arguments, in that order.
Example:
Filtering even numbers in an array, at the end only values 1 and 3 will be present in the resulting collection:
$collection = (new Collection([1, 2, 3]))->reject(function ($value, $key) {
 return $value % 2 === 0;
});Parameters
- 
                callable$c
Returns
selfsample() ¶ public
sample(int $size = 10): selfReturns a new collection with maximum $size random elements from this collection
Parameters
- 
                int$size optional
Returns
selfserialize() ¶ public
serialize(): stringReturns a string representation of this object that can be used to reconstruct it
Returns
stringshuffle() ¶ public
shuffle(): selfReturns a new collection with the elements placed in a random order, this function does not preserve the original keys in the collection.
Returns
selfskip() ¶ public
skip(int $howMany): selfReturns a new collection that will skip the specified amount of elements at the beginning of the iteration.
Parameters
- 
                int$howMany
Returns
selfsome() ¶ public
some(callable $c): boolReturns true if any of the values in this collection pass the truth test provided in the callback.
Each time the callback is executed it will receive the value of the element in the current iteration and the key of the element as arguments, in that order.
Example:
$hasYoungPeople = (new Collection([24, 45, 15]))->every(function ($value, $key) {
 return $value < 21;
});Parameters
- 
                callable$c
Returns
boolsortBy() ¶ public
sortBy(callable|string $callback, int $dir = \SORT_DESC, int $type = \SORT_NUMERIC): selfReturns a sorted iterator out of the elements in this collection, ranked in ascending order by the results of running each value through a callback. $callback can also be a string representing the column or property name.
The callback will receive as its first argument each of the elements in $items, the value returned by the callback will be used as the value for sorting such element. Please note that the callback function could be called more than once per element.
Example:
$items = $collection->sortBy(function ($user) {
 return $user->age;
});
// alternatively
$items = $collection->sortBy('age');
// or use a property path
$items = $collection->sortBy('department.name');
// output all user name order by their age in descending order
foreach ($items as $user) {
 echo $user->name;
}Parameters
- 
                callable|string$callback
- 
                int$dir optional
- 
                int$type optional
Returns
selfstopWhen() ¶ public
stopWhen(callable|array $condition): selfCreates a new collection that when iterated will stop yielding results if the provided condition evaluates to true.
This is handy for dealing with infinite iterators or any generator that could start returning invalid elements at a certain point. For example, when reading lines from a file stream you may want to stop the iteration after a certain value is reached.
Example:
Get an array of lines in a CSV file until the timestamp column is less than a date
$lines = (new Collection($fileLines))->stopWhen(function ($value, $key) {
 return (new DateTime($value))->format('Y') < 2012;
})
->toArray();Get elements until the first unapproved message is found:
$comments = (new Collection($comments))->stopWhen(['is_approved' => false]);Parameters
- 
                callable|array$condition
Returns
selfsumOf() ¶ public
sumOf(string|callable|null $matcher = null): float|intReturns the total sum of all the values extracted with $matcher or of this collection.
Example:
$items = [
 ['invoice' => ['total' => 100]],
 ['invoice' => ['total' => 200]]
];
$total = (new Collection($items))->sumOf('invoice.total');
// Total: 300
$total = (new Collection([1, 2, 3]))->sumOf();
// Total: 6Parameters
- 
                string|callable|null$matcher optional
Returns
float|inttake() ¶ public
take(int $size = 1, int $from = 0): selfReturns a new collection with maximum $size elements in the internal order this collection was created. If a second parameter is passed, it will determine from what position to start taking elements.
Parameters
- 
                int$size optional
- 
                int$from optional
Returns
selftakeLast() ¶ public
takeLast(int $howMany): selfReturns the last N elements of a collection
Example:
$items = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
$last = (new Collection($items))->takeLast(3);
// Result will look like this when converted to array
[3, 4, 5];Parameters
- 
                int$howMany
Returns
selfthrough() ¶ public
through(callable $handler): selfPasses this collection through a callable as its first argument. This is useful for decorating the full collection with another object.
Example:
$items = [1, 2, 3];
$decorated = (new Collection($items))->through(function ($collection) {
     return new MyCustomCollection($collection);
});Parameters
- 
                callable$handler
Returns
selftoArray() ¶ public
toArray(bool $preserveKeys = true): arrayReturns an array representation of the results
Parameters
- 
                bool$preserveKeys optional
Returns
arraytoList() ¶ public
toList(): arrayReturns an numerically-indexed array representation of the results.
This is equivalent to calling toArray(false)
Returns
arraytranspose() ¶ public
transpose(): Cake\Collection\CollectionInterfaceTranspose rows and columns into columns and rows
Example:
$items = [
      ['Products', '2012', '2013', '2014'],
      ['Product A', '200', '100', '50'],
      ['Product B', '300', '200', '100'],
      ['Product C', '400', '300', '200'],
]
$transpose = (new Collection($items))->transpose()->toList();
// Returns
// [
//     ['Products', 'Product A', 'Product B', 'Product C'],
//     ['2012', '200', '300', '400'],
//     ['2013', '100', '200', '300'],
//     ['2014', '50', '100', '200'],
// ]Returns
Cake\Collection\CollectionInterfaceThrows
LogicExceptionunfold() ¶ public
unfold(callable|null $transformer = null): selfCreates a new collection where the items are the concatenation of the lists of items generated by the transformer function applied to each item in the original collection.
The transformer function will receive the value and the key for each of the items in the collection, in that order, and it must return an array or a Traversable object that can be concatenated to the final result.
If no transformer function is passed, an "identity" function will be used. This is useful when each of the elements in the source collection are lists of items to be appended one after another.
Example:
$items [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5]];
$unfold = (new Collection($items))->unfold(); // Returns [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]Using a transformer
$items [1, 2, 3];
$allItems = (new Collection($items))->unfold(function ($page) {
 return $service->fetchPage($page)->toArray();
});Parameters
- 
                callable|null$transformer optional
Returns
selfunserialize() ¶ public
unserialize(string $collection): voidUnserializes the passed string and rebuilds the Collection instance
Parameters
- 
                string$collection
- The serialized collection 
Returns
voidunwrap() ¶ public
unwrap(): TraversableReturns the closest nested iterator that can be safely traversed without losing any possible transformations. This is used mainly to remove empty IteratorIterator wrappers that can only slowdown the iteration process.
Returns
Traversablevalid() ¶ public
valid(): boolEvaluates the condition and returns its result, this controls whether or not more results will be yielded.
Returns
boolzip() ¶ public
zip(iterable $items): selfCombines the elements of this collection with each of the elements of the passed iterables, using their positional index as a reference.
Example:
$collection = new Collection([1, 2]);
$collection->zip([3, 4], [5, 6])->toList(); // returns [[1, 3, 5], [2, 4, 6]]Parameters
- 
                iterable$items
Returns
selfzipWith() ¶ public
zipWith(iterable $items, callable $callable): selfCombines the elements of this collection with each of the elements of the passed iterables, using their positional index as a reference.
The resulting element will be the return value of the $callable function.
Example:
$collection = new Collection([1, 2]);
$zipped = $collection->zipWith([3, 4], [5, 6], function (...$args) {
  return array_sum($args);
});
$zipped->toList(); // returns [9, 12]; [(1 + 3 + 5), (2 + 4 + 6)]Parameters
- 
                iterable$items
- 
                callable$callable
Returns
self