How to Flatten a Multidimensional Array?

arrays, flatten, multidimensional-array, php

Solution

You can use the Standard PHP Library (SPL) to "hide" the recursion.

$a = array(1,2,array(3,4, array(5,6,7), 8), 9);
$it = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveArrayIterator($a));
foreach($it as $v) {
  echo $v, " ";
}

prints

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 

Problem

Is it possible, in PHP, to flatten a (bi/multi)dimensional array without using recursion or references? I'm only interested in the values so the keys can be ignored, I'm thinking in the lines of `array_map()` and `array_values()`.

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