(PHP 5 >= 5.0.0)
ArrayObject::offsetGet — Returns the value at the specified index
The index with the value.
The value at the specified index or FALSE.
Beispiel #1 ArrayObject::offsetGet() example
<?php
$arrayobj = new ArrayObject(array('zero', 7, 'example'=>'e.g.'));
var_dump($arrayobj->offsetGet(1));
var_dump($arrayobj->offsetGet('example'));
var_dump($arrayobj->offsetExists('notfound'));
?>
Das oben gezeigte Beispiel erzeugt folgende Ausgabe:
int(7) string(4) "e.g." bool(false)
Speaking of offsetGet() method overloading, be advised, that if you're iterating through Object via foreach, this method wouldn't be called. Iterator's current() method will be called instead.
If you're overloading ArrayObject, it's worth noting that while this method (when implemented by the parent) will return a reference, so code like $fakeArray['foobar']['hello'] = 1; will work like you expect.
However, when you overload the offsetGet method, you CANNOT define it as &offsetGet, so the above code falls out (because it returns the 'foobar' variable before you actually work with it).
This is something that the developers broke between 5.0 and 5.1, and was closed as bogus (http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=34783). So this is not a big, or question, or request, but just something worth noting.