diff --git a/src/TextTemplate.php b/src/TextTemplate.php
index 3568d66..0489a1f 100644
--- a/src/TextTemplate.php
+++ b/src/TextTemplate.php
@@ -302,15 +302,15 @@ private function _removeWhitespace ($input) {
     }
 
 
-    private function _getValueByName ($context, $name, $softFail) {
+    private function _getRawValueByName ($context, $name, $softFail) {
         $dd = explode (".", $name);
         $value = $context;
         $cur = "";
         foreach ($dd as $cur) {
             if (is_numeric($cur))
                 $cur = (int)$cur;
-            if (is_array($value)) {
-                if ( ! array_key_exists($cur, $value)) {
+            if (is_array($value) || $value instanceof \ArrayAccess) {
+                if ( ! array_key_exists($cur, $value) && ! isset($value[$cur])) {
                     if ( ! $softFail) {
                         throw new UndefinedVariableException("ParsingError: Can't parse element: '{$name}' Error on subelement: '$cur'", $name);
                     }
@@ -338,6 +338,14 @@ private function _getValueByName ($context, $name, $softFail) {
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        return $value;
+    }
+
+
+    private function _getValueByName ($context, $name, $softFail) {
+        $value = $this->_getRawValueByName($context, $name, $softFail);
+
         if (is_object($value) && ! method_exists($value, "__toString"))
             $value = "##ERR:OBJECT_IN_TEXT:[{$name}]ON[{$cur}]:" . gettype($value) . "###";
 
@@ -412,10 +420,10 @@ private function _runFor (&$context, $content, $cmdParam, $softFail) {
         $iterateOverName = $matches[2];
         $localName = $matches[1];
 
-        $repeatVal = $this->_getValueByName($context, $iterateOverName, $softFail);
+        $repeatVal = $this->_getRawValueByName($context, $iterateOverName, $softFail);
 
 
-        if ( ! is_array($repeatVal))
+        if ( ! is_array($repeatVal) && ! $repeatVal instanceof \Traversable)
             return "";
         $index = 0;
         $result = "";
@@ -806,4 +814,4 @@ public function apply ($params, $softFail=TRUE, &$context=[]) {
         return $result;
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/test/unit/tpls/04_simple_for/_in.php b/test/unit/tpls/04_simple_for/_in.php
index 3a5416e..84617dd 100644
--- a/test/unit/tpls/04_simple_for/_in.php
+++ b/test/unit/tpls/04_simple_for/_in.php
@@ -5,5 +5,8 @@
     "arrVal1" => [
         "a", "b", "c"
     ],
+    "traversableVal1" => new ArrayIterator([
+        "x", "y", "z"
+    ]),
     "value1" => "Some Value",
-];
\ No newline at end of file
+];
diff --git a/test/unit/tpls/04_simple_for/_in.txt b/test/unit/tpls/04_simple_for/_in.txt
index 6fc7acd..4d879f3 100644
--- a/test/unit/tpls/04_simple_for/_in.txt
+++ b/test/unit/tpls/04_simple_for/_in.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@
 {for curVal in arrVal1}
 2: curVal = {=curVal}
 {/for}
-5: Some other text
\ No newline at end of file
+{for curVal in traversableVal1}
+3: curVal = {=curVal}
+{/for}
+5: Some other text
diff --git a/test/unit/tpls/04_simple_for/out.txt b/test/unit/tpls/04_simple_for/out.txt
index 6ff7a5f..11ac831 100644
--- a/test/unit/tpls/04_simple_for/out.txt
+++ b/test/unit/tpls/04_simple_for/out.txt
@@ -2,4 +2,7 @@
 2: curVal = a
 2: curVal = b
 2: curVal = c
-5: Some other text
\ No newline at end of file
+3: curVal = x
+3: curVal = y
+3: curVal = z
+5: Some other text