Returns an iterator for the current entry.

RecursiveRegexIterator::__construct
RecursiveRegexIterator::hasChildren
RecursiveRegexIterator
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# RecursiveRegexIterator::getChildren

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0)

RecursiveRegexIterator::getChildren — Returns an iterator for the current entry.

### Description

public RecursiveRegexIterator RecursiveRegexIterator::getChildren ( void )

Returns an iterator for the current iterator entry.

### Parameters

This function has no parameters.

### Return Values

An iterator for the current entry, if it can be iterated over by the inner iterator.

### Errors/Exceptions

An InvalidArgumentException will be thrown if the current entry does not contain a value that can be iterated over by the inner iterator.

### Examples

Example #1 RecursiveRegexIterator::getChildren() example

`<?php
$rArrayIterator = new RecursiveArrayIterator(array('test1', array('tet3', 'test4', 'test5')));
$rRegexIterator = new RecursiveRegexIterator($rArrayIterator, '/^test/',
RecursiveRegexIterator::ALL_MATCHES);
foreach ($rRegexIterator as $key1 => $value1) {
if ($rRegexIterator->hasChildren()) {
// print all children
echo "Children: ";
foreach ($rRegexIterator->getChildren() as $key => $value) {
echo $value . " ";
}
echo "\n";
} else {
echo "No children\n";
}
}
?>`

The above example will output:

    No children
    Children: test4 test5

### See Also

- RecursiveRegexIterator::hasChildren() - Returns whether an iterator can be obtained for the current entry.

RecursiveRegexIterator::__construct
RecursiveRegexIterator::hasChildren
RecursiveRegexIterator
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