Re: print_r unaware of object's read_property handler

antony@zend.com (Antony Dovgal) wrote: > In order to use read_property() you need to know the name of the property. Yes, I know and standard get_properties is perfectly fine wih this. > print_r() and var_dump() output all properties of the object, they do not know their names, > they have only the object itself. That's why I ask. Those functions do not follow object's handler but instead use only object's properties hash. Yes I know it's returned by get_properties handler , but read_property is implemented for reading property's value so this handler should be used to get value instead of hash table value. > Therefor you need to implement get_properties() hook to return a hash table with all object > properties. That's __very__ clear. If I have possibility to add get_properties hook and read_property hook I should be able to define own handler which returns properties names from get_properties and read every property's value using read_property hook as I already know property name. Am I wrong here? > Which part of this explanation is not clear to you? What I understand from your clarification is: get_properties returns object's properties read_property reads property knowing it's name Do I understand it correct? If yes, why print_r doesn't read property value using read_property hook, even if I add own get_properties hook which returns all properties names? Yes, of course I can implement get_properties hook that way so it can updates object's properties hash. But my question is: do I need such functionality if my read_property ( and write ) hook doesn't need object's properties hash? Or better , do I need to duplicate every property's value in hash table because print_r doesn't use my read_property handler? A new question is: What write_property handler hook should do? Obvious answer is that such hook must update object's properties hash. But why, if the only one purpose is print_r and var_dump functions? And I think the last question: When and why object's read_property hook is ignored? Piotras