respect-validation/docs/validators/IterableVal.md
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# IterableVal
- `IterableVal()`
Validates whether the input is an iterable value, in other words, if you can iterate over it with the [foreach][] language construct.
```php
v::iterableVal()->assert([]);
// Validation passes successfully
v::iterableVal()->assert(new ArrayObject());
// Validation passes successfully
v::iterableVal()->assert(new stdClass());
// Validation passes successfully
v::iterableVal()->assert('string');
// → "string" must be an iterable value
```
## Note
This validator doesn't behave as PHP's [is_iterable()][] function because it considers that you can iterate over any object.
## Templates
### `IterableVal::TEMPLATE_STANDARD`
| Mode | Template |
| ---------- | ----------------------------------------- |
| `default` | {{subject}} must be an iterable value |
| `inverted` | {{subject}} must not be an iterable value |
## Template placeholders
| Placeholder | Description |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `subject` | The validated input or the custom validator name (if specified). |
## Categorization
- Types
## Changelog
| Version | Description |
| ------: | -------------------------------------------- |
| 3.0.0 | Renamed from `IterableType` to `IterableVal` |
| 1.0.8 | Renamed from `Iterable` to `IterableType` |
| 1.0.0 | Created as `Iterable` |
---
See also:
- [ArrayType](ArrayType.md)
- [ArrayVal](ArrayVal.md)
- [Countable](Countable.md)
- [Each](Each.md)
- [Instance](Instance.md)
- [IterableType](IterableType.md)
[is_iterable()]: https://www.php.net/is_iterable
[foreach]: http://php.net/foreach