Bug #51374 [NEW]: initialized empty arrays in SPLFileObject subclasses fails

From: Operating system: PHP version: 5.3.2 Package: SPL related Bug Type: Bug Bug description:initialized empty arrays in SPLFileObject subclasses fails Description: ------------ when subclassing SplFileObject and opening it via SplFileInfo->openFile() initialized array properties of the subclass of SplFileInfo are changing to null, while strings are fine. Test script: --------------- <?php class Foo extends SplFileObject { public $bar = 'baz'; public $bam = array(); function __construct($file) { // do stuff parent::__construct($file); } } $fileInfo = new SplFileInfo('php://temp'); $fileInfo->setFileClass('Foo'); $file = $fileInfo->openFile('r'); print var_dump($file->bar); // is baz print var_dump($file->bam); // is null or UNKNOWN:0 ?> Expected result: ---------------- I expected var_dump($file->bam) to print an empty array Actual result: -------------- null or UNKNOWN:0 -- Edit bug report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=51374&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.2): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=trysnapshot52 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (PHP 6.0): http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=trysnapshot60 Fixed in SVN: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=needdocs Fixed in release: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=needscript Try newer version: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=oldversion Not developer issue: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=support Expected behavior: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=notwrong Not enough info: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=submittedtwice register_globals: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=php4 Daylight Savings: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=dst IIS Stability: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=gnused Floating point limitations: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=float No Zend Extensions: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=51374&r=mysqlcfg