Internal zvals can't be arrays

I think your humor is too subtle for me. I don't understand what you
mean. If I do this:

PHP_METHOD(test_class,__construct);
zend_class_entry *test_class_ce_ptr = NULL;

static zend_function_entry test_class_functions[] = {
PHP_ME(test_class, __construct, NULL, ZEND_ACC_PUBLIC)
{NULL, NULL, NULL}
};

And then I put this in my MINIT function:

INIT_CLASS_ENTRY(ce, "test_class", test_class_functions);
test_class_ce_ptr = zend_register_internal_class(&ce TSRMLS_CC);
zend_declare_property_null(test_class_ce_ptr, "test_property",
sizeof("test_property")-1, ZEND_ACC_PUBLIC TSRMLS_CC);

And I make test_class's constructor look like this:

PHP_METHOD(test_class, __construct) {
zval *tmp = NULL;
ALLOC_ZVAL(tmp);
tmp->is_ref = 0;
tmp->refcount = 0;
array_init(tmp);
add_next_index_long(tmp, 100);
zend_update_property(test_class_ce_ptr, this_ptr, "test_property",
sizeof("test_property")-1, tmp TSRMLS_CC);
}

Then this PHP program:

$e = new test_class();
print new ReflectionClass($e);
var_dump($e);

Prints:

Class [ <internal> class test_class ] {

• Constants [0] {
  }

• Static properties [0] {
  }

• Static methods [0] {
  }

• Properties [1] {
  Property [ <default> public $test_property ]
  }

• Methods [1] {
  Method [ <internal> <ctor> public method __construct ] {
  }
  }
  }
  object(test_class)#1 (1) {
  ["test_property"]=>
  array(1) {
  [0]=>
  int(100)
  }
  }

So it would be handy (since all the property creation would be in one
place and there wouldn't be the confusing inference from reading the
code that the property is NULL) if I could create the array zval in
MINIT instead of in the constructor.

David

Marcus Boerger wrote:

Hello David,

i did most of these functions but have no idea how to create default
arrays. If you find out please tell us.

marcus

Thursday, May 13, 2004, 9:29:02 PM, you wrote:

zend_declare_property() tells me that I can't use it to create a class
property that is an array. Why is that? What is the recommended way to
create an array class property?

Thanks,
David