PHP Ds\PriorityQueue Functions Complete Reference

Last Updated : 25 Jan, 2023

PriorityQueue is similar to a Queue data structure. The elements of the priority queue are pushed into the queue with a given priority. The highest priority element will always been present at the front of the queue. The priority queue is implemented using the max heap.

Requirements: PHP 7 is required for both extension and the compatibility polyfill.

Installation: The easiest way to install data structure by using the PECL extension.

pecl install ds

Syntax:

public Ds\PriorityQueue::functionName()

Example: Below programs illustrate the Ds\PriorityQueue::count() Function in PHP:

PHP

<?php

// Declare new PriorityQueue
$pq = new \Ds\PriorityQueue();

// Add elements to the PriorityQueue
$pq->push("One", 1);
$pq->push("Two", 2);
$pq->push("Three", 3);

// Count the number of elements
// in this PriorityQueue
print_r($pq->count());

?>

Output:

Complete list of PHP Ds\PriorityQueue Functions:

PHP Ds\PriorityQueue Functions	Description
allocate()	Allocate memory for a PriorityQueue class instance
capacity()	Check the current capacity of a PriorityQueue instance.
clear()	Clear all of the elements from a PriorityQueue instance.
copy()	Create a shallow copy of a particular PriorityQueue instance.
count()	Get the count of elements present in a Priority Queue instance.
peek()	Get the value present at the front of a PriorityQueue.
pop()	Remove and return the value present at the top of the PriorityQueue.
push()	Push or insert values in a PriorityQueue instance.
toArray()	Convert a PriorityQueue into an associative array in PHP.

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