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An extension providing specialized data structures as efficient alternatives to the PHP array. Highlights the API, performance and other benefits. PHP has one data structure to rule them all. The array is a complex, flexible, master-of-none, hybrid data structure, combining the behaviour of a list and a linked map. But we use it for everything, because PHP is pragmatic: “dealing with things sensibly and realistically in a way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations”. An array gets the job done. Unfortunately, with flexibility comes complexity. Collection is the base interface which covers common functionality like foreach, echo, count, print_r, var_dump, serialize, json_encode, and clone. Sequence describes the behavior of values arranged in a single, linear dimension. Some languages refer to this as a List. Documentation is available on php.net. You should also include the polyfill in your project for IDE integration.
Features
- The easiest way to install the extension is to use PECL
- You can also enable the extension temporarily using the command line
- There is a suite of PHPUnit tests that can be installed using Composer
- You may include the polyfill as a dependency in your project
- An extension providing specialized data structures as efficient alternatives to the PHP array
- You should also include the polyfill in your project for IDE integration
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