I need to track a fixed number of items with a variable number of value pairs for each in PHP (7.x or 8.x). Meaning item 1 may have 1 value pair (e.g. "red",32) whereas another item may have 3 value pairs associated with it (e.g. ("blue",99), ("white",45), ("orange", 67).
I need to be able to list all value pairs for each item. Is an array better suited for this task or is using an object easier/faster/more sensible?
Thank you!
The most sensible option would be to create a KeyValue class and a KeyValueContainer. This would give you type hinting too.
class KeyValue
{
private function __construct(private string $key, private string $value)
{
}
public function getKey(): string
{
return $this->key;
}
public function getValue(): string
{
return $this->value;
}
}
class KeyValueContainer implements \Iterator
{
public function __construct(private array $keyValues = [])
{
}
public function current(): KeyValue
{
// TODO: Implement current() method.
}
public function next(): void
{
// TODO: Implement next() method.
}
public function key(): int
{
// TODO: Implement key() method.
}
public function valid(): bool
{
// TODO: Implement valid() method.
}
public function rewind(): void
{
// TODO: Implement rewind() method.
}
}
