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PHP 7 Data Structures and Algorithms

You're reading from   PHP 7 Data Structures and Algorithms Implement linked lists, stacks, and queues using PHP

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781786463890
Length 340 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Mizanur Rahman Mizanur Rahman
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms FREE CHAPTER 2. Understanding PHP Arrays 3. Using Linked Lists 4. Constructing Stacks and Queues 5. Applying Recursive Algorithms - Recursion 6. Understanding and Implementing Trees 7. Using Sorting Algorithms 8. Exploring Search Options 9. Putting Graphs into Action 10. Understanding and Using Heaps 11. Solving Problems with Advanced Techniques 12. PHP Built-In Support for Data Structures and Algorithms 13. Functional Data Structures with PHP

Implementing priority queue using linked list

So far, we have seen a linked list using only one value, which is the node data. Now we need to pass another value that will be the priority. In order to achieve that, we need to change our ListNode implementation:

class ListNode {

public $data = NULL;
public $next = NULL;
public $priority = NULL;

public function __construct(string $data = NULL, int $priority =
NULL) {
$this->data = $data;
$this->priority = $priority;
}

}

Now we have both the data and the priority as part of the node. In order to allow this priority to be considered during the insert operation, we also need to change our insert() implementation inside the LinkedList class. Here is the modified implementation:

public function insert(string $data = NULL, int $priority = NULL) { 
$newNode = new ListNode($data, $priority);
$this...
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