Collection

Collection is a set of useful wrapper classes for arrays, similar to Java's or Kotlin's collection packages.

Versions
Installing Collection
Lists
Maps
Combining Lists and Maps
Stack
Queue
Contribution

Versions

Since Version 4.0 you need PHP 7.4 or higher to use this library. Since Version 2.1 you need PHP 7.1 to use Collection library. Previous versions are running from PHP 5.6 upwards.

Installing Collection

The recommended way to install Collection is through Composer.

# Install Composer
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php

Next, run the Composer command to install the latest stable version of Collection:

php composer.phar require seboettg/collection

After installing, you need to require Composer's autoloader:

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

You can then later update Collection using composer:

composer.phar update

Lists

List is an ordered collection with access to elements by indices – integer numbers that reflect their position. Elements can occur more than once in a list. In other words: a list can contain any number of equal objects or occurrences of a single object. Two lists are considered equal if they have the same sizes and structurally equal elements at the same positions.

Lists are completely new implemented for version 4.0. The handling is much more oriented on a functional approach. Further more methods for associative arrays are moved to map.

Getting started

use function Seboettg\Collection\Lists\listOf;
use function Seboettg\Collection\Lists\listFromArray;
//create a simple list
$list = listOf("a", "b", "c", "d");
print_r($list);

Output

Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous Object
(
    [array:Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous:private] => Array
        (
            [0] => a
            [1] => b
            [2] => c
        )

    [offset:Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous:private] => 0
)

You also create a list from an existing array

$array = ["d", "e", "f"];
$otherList = listFromArray($array);

Output

Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous Object
(
    [array:Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous:private] => Array
        (
            [0] => d
            [1] => e
            [2] => f
        )

    [offset:Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous:private] => 0
)

As you may notice, this will reset the array keys

You can also create an empty List:

use function Seboettg\Collection\Lists\emptyList;
$emptyList = emptyList();
echo $emptyList->count();

output

Iterate over lists

foreach ($list as $key => $value) {
    echo "[".$key."] => ".$value."\n";
}

Output:

[0] => a
[1] => b
[2] => c

for ($i = 0; $i < $otherList->count(); ++$i) {
    echo $otherList->get($i) . " ";
}

output

d e f

List operations

You may add the elements of another list to a list by using plus:

$newList = $list->plus($otherList);
print_r($newList);

output

Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous Object
(
    [array:Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous:private] => Array
        (
            [0] => a
            [1] => b
            [2] => c
            [3] => d
            [4] => e
            [5] => f
        )
    [offset:Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous:private] => 0
)

The same operation is applicable with arrays, with the same result:

$newList = $list->plus($array);

You can also subtract the elements of another list or any iterable using minus:

$subtract = $newList->minus($list);
print_r($subtract);

output

Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous Object
(
    [array:Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous:private] => Array
        (
            [0] => d
            [1] => e
            [2] => f
        )

    [offset:Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous:private] => 0
)

To get the intersection of two lists (or an iterable), you can use the intersect method:

$intersection = $newList->intersect(listOf("b", "d", "f", "h", "i"));
print_r($intersection);

output

Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous Object
(
    [array:Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous:private] => Array
        (
            [0] => b
            [1] => d
            [2] => f
        )

    [offset:Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous:private] => 0
)

To get a list containing distinct elements, use distinct:

$list = listOf("a", "b", "a", "d", "e", "e", "g")
print_r($list->distinct());

output

Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous Object
(
    [array:Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous:private] => Array
        (
            [0] => a
            [1] => b
            [2] => d
            [3] => e
            [4] => g
        )

    [offset:Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous:private] => 0
)

Map all elements of a list

If you need to modify all elements in a list, you can do it easily by using the map method:

$list = listOf(1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
$cubicList = $list->map(fn ($i) => $i * $i * $i);
//result of $cubicList: 1, 8, 27, 64, 125

There is also a mapNotNull method that eliminates null values from the result:

function divisibleByTwoOrNull(int $number): ?int {
    return $item % 2 === 0 ? $item : null;
}

listOf(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
    ->map(fn (int $number): ?int => divisibleByTwoOrNull($number));
//result: 0, 2, 4

Filter elements in a list

The filter method returns a list containing only elements matching the given predicate.

$list = listOf("a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j"):
$listOfCharactersThatAsciiNumbersIsOdd = $list
    ->filter(fn($letter) => ord($letter) % 2 !== 0);
//result of $listOfCharactersTharOrderNumbersAreOdd: "a", "c", "e", "g", "i"

Logical operations

With the methods any and all you can check whether all elements (all) or at least one element (any) match a predicate.

$list = listOf("a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f", "g", "h", "i", "j"):
$list->all(fn($letter) => ord($letter) % 2 !== 0); // false
$list->any(fn($letter) => ord($letter) % 2 !== 0); // true

$list->all(fn($letter) => ord($letter) % 1 !== 0); // true
$list->any(fn($letter) => $letter === "z"); // false, since no character in the list is a 'z'

forEach method

With the forEach method you can apply a closure or lambda functions on each element.

$list = listOf("a", "b", "c");
$list->forEach(fn (string $item) => print($item . PHP_EOL));

output:

a
b
c

Sorting a list

Implement the Comparable interface

<?php
namespace Vendor\App\Model;
use Seboettg\Collection\Comparable\Comparable;
class Element implements Comparable
{
    private $attribute1;
    private $attribute2;
    
    //contructor
    public function __construct($attribute1, $attribute2)
    {
        $this->attribute1 = $attribute1;
        $this->attribute2 = $attribute2;
    }
    
    // getter
    public function getAttribute1() { return $this->attribute1; }
    public function getAttribute2() { return $this->attribute2; }
    
    //compareTo function
    public function compareTo(Comparable $b): int
    {
        return strcmp($this->attribute1, $b->getAttribute1());
    }
}

Create a comparator class

<?php
namespace Vendor\App\Util;

use Seboettg\Collection\Comparable\Comparator;
use Seboettg\Collection\Comparable\Comparable;

class Attribute1Comparator extends Comparator
{
    public function compare(Comparable $a, Comparable $b): int
    {
        if ($this->sortingOrder === Comparator::ORDER_ASC) {
            return $a->compareTo($b);
        }
        return $b->compareTo($a);
    }
}

Sort your list

<?php
use Seboettg\Collection\Lists;
use Seboettg\Collection\Collections;
use Seboettg\Collection\Comparable\Comparator;
use function Seboettg\Collection\Lists\listOf;
use Vendor\App\Util\Attribute1Comparator;
use Vendor\App\Model\Element;


$list = listOf(
    new Element("b","bar"),
    new Element("a","foo"),
    new Element("c","foobar")
);

Collections::sort($list, new Attribute1Comparator(Comparator::ORDER_ASC));

sort your list using a custom order

<?php
use Seboettg\Collection\Comparable\Comparator;
use Seboettg\Collection\Comparable\Comparable;
use Seboettg\Collection\Lists;
use Seboettg\Collection\Collections;
use function Seboettg\Collection\Lists\listOf;
use Vendor\App\Model\Element;

//Define a custom Comparator
class MyCustomOrderComparator extends Comparator
{
    public function compare(Comparable $a, Comparable $b): int
    {
        return (array_search($a->getAttribute1(), $this->customOrder) >= array_search($b->getAttribute1(), $this->customOrder)) ? 1 : -1;
    }
}

$list = listOf(
    new Element("a", "aa"),
    new Element("b", "bb"),
    new Element("c", "cc"),
    new Element("k", "kk"),
    new Element("d", "dd"),
);

Collections::sort(
    $list, new MyCustomOrderComparator(Comparator::ORDER_CUSTOM, ["d", "k", "a", "b", "c"])
);

Maps

A Map stores key-value pairs; keys are unique, but different keys can be paired with equal values. The Map interface provides specific methods, such as access to value by key, searching keys and values, and so on.

Getting started

A Map is a collection of keys that are paired with values. Therefore, to create a Map you need pairs first:

use Seboettg\Collection\Map\Pair;
use function Seboettg\Collection\Map\pair;
use function Seboettg\Collection\Map\mapOf;

$pair1 = pair("Ceres", "Giuseppe Piazzi")

//or you use the factory, with the same result:
$pair2 = Pair::factory("Pallas", "Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers");

//Now you can add both pairs to a map
$map = mapOf($pair1, $pair2);
print_r($map);

output

Seboettg\Collection\Map\MapInterface@anonymous Object
(
    [array:Seboettg\Collection\Map\MapInterface@anonymous:private] => Array
        (
            [Ceres] => Giuseppe Piazzi
            [Pallas] => Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers
        )

)

You can also create an empty Map:

use function Seboettg\Collection\Map\emptyMap;
$emptyMap = emptyMap();
echo $emptyMap->count();

output

Access elements

use function Seboettg\Collection\Map\mapOf;
$asteroidExplorerMap = mapOf(
    pair("Ceres", "Giuseppe Piazzi"),
    pair("Pallas", "Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers"),
    pair("Juno", "Karl Ludwig Harding"),
    pair("Vesta", "Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers")
);

$juno = $asteroidExplorerMap->get("Juno"); //Karl Ludwig Harding

// or access elements like an array
$pallas = $asteroidExplorerMap["Pallas"]; //Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers

//get a list of all keys
$asteroids = $asteroidExplorerMap->getKeys(); //Ceres, Pallas, Juno, Vesta

//get a list of all values
$explorer = $asteroidExplorerMap
    ->values()
    ->distinct(); // "Giuseppe Piazzi", "Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers", "Karl Ludwig Harding"

$explorer = $asteroidExplorerMap
    ->getOrElse("Iris", fn() => "unknown"); //$explorer = "unknown"

you are also able to get all map entries as a list of pairs

$keyValuePairs = $asteroidExplorerMap->getEntries();

output

Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous Object
(
    [array:Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous:private] => Array
        (
            [0] => Seboettg\Collection\Map\Pair Object
                (
                    [key:Seboettg\Collection\Map\Pair:private] => Ceres
                    [value:Seboettg\Collection\Map\Pair:private] => Giuseppe Piazzi
                )

            [1] => Seboettg\Collection\Map\Pair Object
                (
                    [key:Seboettg\Collection\Map\Pair:private] => Pallas
                    [value:Seboettg\Collection\Map\Pair:private] => Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers
                )

            [2] => Seboettg\Collection\Map\Pair Object
                (
                    [key:Seboettg\Collection\Map\Pair:private] => Juno
                    [value:Seboettg\Collection\Map\Pair:private] => Karl Ludwig Harding
                )

            [3] => Seboettg\Collection\Map\Pair Object
                (
                    [key:Seboettg\Collection\Map\Pair:private] => Vesta
                    [value:Seboettg\Collection\Map\Pair:private] => Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers
                )

        )

    [offset:Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous:private] => 0
)

Manipulate a map

use function Seboettg\Collection\Map\emptyMap;

$map = emptyMap();

//put
$map->put("ABC", 1);
echo $map["ABC"]; // 1

//put via array assignment
$map["ABC"] = 2;
echo $map["ABC"]; // 2

//remove
$map->put("DEF", 3);
$map->remove("DEF");
echo $map->get("DEF"); // null

Map elements

The signature of given transform function for mapping must have either a Pair parameter or a key and a value parameter. The map function always returns a list of type ListInterface:

use function Seboettg\Collection\Map\mapOf;

class Asteroid {
    public string $name;
    public ?string $explorer;
    public ?float $diameter;
    public function __construct(string $name, string $explorer, float $diameter = null)
    {
        $this->name = $name;
        $this->explorer = $explorer;
        $this->diameter = $diameter;
    }
}

$asteroids = $asteroidExplorerMap
    ->map(fn (Pair $pair): Asteroid => new Asteroid($pair->getKey(), $pair->getValue()));

print_r($asteroids);

output

Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous Object
(
    [array:Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous:private] => Array
        (
            [0] => Asteroid Object
                (
                    [name] => Ceres
                    [explorer] => Giuseppe Piazzi
                    [diameter] => 
                )

            [1] => Asteroid Object
                (
                    [name] => Pallas
                    [explorer] => Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers
                    [diameter] => 
                )

            [2] => Asteroid Object
                (
                    [name] => Juno
                    [explorer] => Karl Ludwig Harding
                    [diameter] => 
                )

            [3] => Asteroid Object
                (
                    [name] => Vesta
                    [explorer] => Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers
                    [diameter] => 
                )

        )

    [offset:Seboettg\Collection\Lists\ListInterface@anonymous:private] => 0
)

You get the same result with a key-value signature:

$asteroids = $asteroidExplorerMap
    ->map(fn (string $key, string $value): Asteroid => new Asteroid($key, $value));

Filter entries of a map

You may filter for elements by this way:

$asteroidExplorerMap->filter(fn (Pair $pair): bool => $pair->getKey() !== "Juno");

or by this way:

$asteroidExplorerMap->filter(fn (string $key, string $value): bool => $key !== "Juno");

Combining Lists and Maps

There are a lot of opportunities to use lists and maps in real world scenarios with a lot of advantages e.g. less boilerplate code and better code readability.

The following json file represents a customer file that we want to use for processing.

customer.json

[
   {
       "id": "A001",
       "lastname": "Doe",
       "firstname": "John",
       "createDate": "2022-06-10 09:21:12"
   },
   {
       "id": "A002",
       "lastname": "Doe",
       "firstname": "Jane",
       "createDate": "2022-06-10 09:21:13"
   },
   {
       "id": "A004",
       "lastname": "Mustermann",
       "firstname": "Erika",
       "createDate": "2022-06-11 08:21:13"
   }
]

We would like to get a map that associates the customer id with respective objects of type Customer and we want to apply a filter so that we get only customers with lastname Doe.

use function Seboettg\Collection\Lists\listFromArray;

class Customer {
    public string $id;
    public string $lastname;
    public string $firstname;
    public DateTime $createDate;
    public function __construct(
        string $id,
        string $lastname,
        string $firstname,
        DateTime $createDate
    ) {
        $this->id = $id;
        $this->lastname = $lastname;
        $this->firstname = $firstname;
        $this->createDate = $createDate;
    }
}

$customerList = listFromArray(json_decode(file_get_contents("customer.json"), true));
$customerMap = $customerList
    ->filter(fn (array $customerArray) => $customerArray["lastname"] === "Doe") // filter for lastname Doe
    ->map(fn (array $customerArray) => new Customer(
        $customerArray["id"],
        $customerArray["lastname"],
        $customerArray["firstname"],
        DateTime::createFromFormat("Y-m-d H:i:s", $customerArray["createDate"])
     )) // map array to customer object
    ->associateBy(fn(Customer $customer) => $customer->id); // link the id with the respective customer object
print_($customerMap);

output

Seboettg\Collection\Map\MapInterface@anonymous Object
(
    [array:Seboettg\Collection\Map\MapInterface@anonymous:private] => Array
        (
            [A001] => Customer Object
                (
                    [id] => A001
                    [lastname] => Doe
                    [firstname] => John
                    [createDate] => DateTime Object
                        (
                            [date] => 2022-06-10 09:21:12.000000
                            [timezone_type] => 3
                            [timezone] => UTC
                        )

                )
            [A002] => Customer Object
                (
                    [id] => A002
                    [lastname] => Doe
                    [firstname] => Jane
                    [createDate] => DateTime Object
                        (
                            [date] => 2022-06-10 09:21:13.000000
                            [timezone_type] => 3
                            [timezone] => UTC
                        )
                )
        )
)

Another example: Assuming we have a customer service with a getCustomerById method. We have a list of IDs with which we want to request the service.

$listOfIds = listOf("A001", "A002", "A004");
$customerMap = $listOfIds
    ->associateWith(fn ($customerId) => $customerService->getById($customerId))

output

Seboettg\Collection\Map\MapInterface@anonymous Object
(
    [array:Seboettg\Collection\Map\MapInterface@anonymous:private] => Array
        (
            [A001] => Customer Object
                (
                    [id] => A001
                    [lastname] => Doe
                    [firstname] => John
                    [createDate] => DateTime Object
                        (
                            [date] => 2022-06-10 09:21:12.000000
                            [timezone_type] => 3
                            [timezone] => UTC
                        )

                )
            [A002] ...
            [A004] ...
        )
)

Stack

A stack is a collection of elements, with two principal operations:

push, which adds an element to the collection, and
pop, which removes the most recently added element that was not yet removed.

An Stack is a LIFO data structure: last in, first out.

Examples

push, pop and peek

$stack = new Stack();
$stack->push("a")
      ->push("b")
      ->push("c");
echo $stack->pop(); // outputs c
echo $stack->count(); // outputs 2

// peek returns the element at the top of this stack without removing it from the stack.
echo $stack->peek(); // outputs b
echo $stack->count(); // outputs 2

search

The search function returns the position where an element is on this stack. If the passed element occurs as an element in this stack, this method returns the distance from the top of the stack of the occurrence nearest the top of the stack; the topmost element on the stack is considered to be at distance 1. If the passed element does not occur in the stack, this method returns 0.

echo $stack->search("c"); //outputs 0 since c does not exist anymore
echo $stack->search("a"); //outputs 2
echo $stack->search("b"); //outputs 1

Queue

A queue is a collection in which the elements are kept in order. A queue has two principle operations:

enqueue
dequeue

Examples

$queue = new Queue();
$queue->enqueue("d")
    ->enqueue("z")
    ->enqueue("b")
    ->enqueue("a");
    
echo $queue->dequeue(); // outputs d
echo $queue->dequeue(); // outputs z
echo $queue->dequeue(); // outputs b
echo $queue->count(); // outputs 1

Contribution

Fork this Repo and feel free to contribute your ideas using pull requests.

seboettg/collection
Release v2.0.0

Release v2.0.0

v4.0.0

v4.0.0-RC3

v4.0.0-RC2

v4.0.0-RC1

v3.1.0

v4.0.0-beta2

v4.0.0-BETA

v3.0.0

v2.1.1

v2.1.0

Documentation

Collection

Table of Contents

Versions

Installing Collection

Lists

Getting started

Iterate over lists

List operations

Map all elements of a list

Filter elements in a list

Logical operations

forEach method

Sorting a list

sort your list using a custom order

Maps

Getting started

Access elements

Manipulate a map

Map elements

Filter entries of a map

Combining Lists and Maps

Stack

Examples

push, pop and peek

search

Queue

Examples

Contribution

Stats

Development practices

Releases

Contributors

seboettg/collection Release v2.0.0

Release v2.0.0 Toggle Dropdown v4.0.0 v4.0.0-RC3 v4.0.0-RC2 v4.0.0-RC1 v3.1.0 v4.0.0-beta2 v4.0.0-BETA v3.0.0 v2.1.1 v2.1.0

Documentation

Collection

Table of Contents

Versions

Installing Collection

Lists

Getting started

Iterate over lists

List operations

Map all elements of a list

Filter elements in a list

Logical operations

forEach method

Sorting a list

sort your list using a custom order

Maps

Getting started

Access elements

Manipulate a map

Map elements

Filter entries of a map

Combining Lists and Maps

Stack

Examples

push, pop and peek

search

Queue

Examples

Contribution

Stats

Development practices

Releases

Contributors

seboettg/collection
Release v2.0.0

Release v2.0.0

v4.0.0

v4.0.0-RC3

v4.0.0-RC2

v4.0.0-RC1

v3.1.0

v4.0.0-beta2

v4.0.0-BETA

v3.0.0

v2.1.1

v2.1.0