---
title: "Unlocking the Power of PHP Generators"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/unlocking-the-power-of-php-generators-8hvkkzm6a
source_url: https://medium.com/@CleytonBonamigo/unlocking-the-power-of-php-generators-bbf17e970ca4?source=rss------php-5
type: article
source: "Medium"
published: 2023-11-27T08:24:03.815Z
updated: 2023-11-27T08:24:01.857Z
tags: ["php", "algorithms"]
reading_time: 2
upvotes: 71
comments: 2
language: en
---

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# Unlocking the Power of PHP Generators

**[Medium](https://daily.dev/sources/medium_js)** · 2 min read · 71 upvotes · 2 comments

## Summary

PHP generators provide a way to iterate over large datasets or arrays without loading everything into memory. They work by processing one piece of data at a time using the 'yield' keyword. Generators can also receive input and return values. They are useful for memory management and handling large files.

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## Community discussion

Top comments from developers on daily.dev.

**@tdlm** · 0 upvotes

> I’ve never implemented anything using generators and this made me reconsider. Very cool.

**@sagortouch** · 0 upvotes

> It will helps to generate CSV file from large dataset of array.

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