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Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 20:58:42 +0200
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To: Chris Stockton <chrisstocktonaz@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [PHP-DEV] The behavior of get_object_vars and array casting when
 extending ArrayObject
From: colder@php.net (Etienne Kneuss)

Hello,

On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 20:54, Chris Stockton <chrisstocktonaz@gmail.com> w=
rote:
> I was curious if this behavior was expected, it caught me by surprise.
> A base object I use extends ArrayObject, that class is extended
> heavily throughout my code and I recently wanted to use
> get_object_vars, but noticed it returning an empty array. I do not
> expect get_object_vars to return the properties I set via a
> ArrayObject, but I would expect explicitly defined properties in
> sub-classes and even in the ArrayObject extending class to be
> returned. Is this thinking correct? If everyone agrees this is a bug I
> can report it and write a patch =C2=A0assuming its not a deep complicated
> problem.

ArrayObject extends the handler responsible for giving you such
information. So it might very well be a bug.

You should report it!

Best,


>
> --Code
> class TestOne {
> =C2=A0public $TestOne_1 =3D 1;
> }
>
> class TestTwo extends ArrayObject {
> =C2=A0public $TestTwo_1 =3D 1;
> }
>
> class TestThree extends TestTwo {
> =C2=A0public $TestThree_1 =3D 1;
> }
>
> $t1 =3D new TestOne;
> var_dump((array) $t1, get_object_vars($t1));
>
> $t2 =3D new TestTwo;
> var_dump((array) $t2, get_object_vars($t2));
>
> $t3 =3D new TestThree;
> var_dump((array) $t3, get_object_vars($t3));
>
> --Produces
> array(1) {
> =C2=A0["TestOne_1"]=3D>
> =C2=A0int(1)
> }
> array(1) {
> =C2=A0["TestOne_1"]=3D>
> =C2=A0int(1)
> }
>
> array(0) {
> }
> array(0) {
> }
>
> array(0) {
> }
> array(0) {
> }
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Chris
>
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Etienne Kneuss
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