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What is the purpose of PHP’s SPL Iterators and why are they useful?

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Quick Answer SPL Iterators implement the Iterator interface, enabling custom objects to work with foreach. ArrayIterator wraps arrays, DirectoryIterator traverses directories, RecursiveIteratorIterator walks tree structures. Iterators are memory-efficient for large datasets - load one item at a time instead of all at once. Implementing IteratorAggregate is simpler than full Iterator for collection classes.

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SPL Iterators allow efficient traversal of large datasets with objects like DirectoryIterator, ArrayIterator, and RecursiveIterator.
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