Req #52807 [NEW]: magic __toArray() for objects

From: Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:33:54 +0000
Subject: Req #52807 [NEW]: magic __toArray() for objects
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Operating system: n/a
PHP version:      Irrelevant
Package:          Class/Object related
Bug Type:         Feature/Change Request
Bug description:magic __toArray() for objects

Description:
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It would be nice to have an analogous method to __toString() for arrays..
maybe __toArray() for customized array return. 

Test script:
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class myObject {
  private $data1;
  private $data2;
  private $meta1;

  public function __construct($data1, $data2) {
    $this->data1 = $data1;
    $this->data2 = $data2;
    $this->meta1 = strlen($data1) + strlen($data2);
  }
  public function __toArray() {
    return array('data1'=>$this->data1, 'data2'=>$this->data2);
  }
}

  $obj = new myObject('test', 'script');
  var_dump($obj);



Expected result:
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array('data1'=>'test', 'data2'=> 'script')

Actual result:
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Not implemented

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Fixed in SVN:                        http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52807&r=fixed
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Need backtrace:                      http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52807&r=needtrace
Need Reproduce Script:               http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52807&r=needscript
Try newer version:                   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52807&r=oldversion
Not developer issue:                 http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52807&r=support
Expected behavior:                   http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52807&r=notwrong
Not enough info:                     http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52807&r=notenoughinfo
Submitted twice:                     http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52807&r=submittedtwice
register_globals:                    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52807&r=globals
PHP 4 support discontinued:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52807&r=php4
Daylight Savings:                    http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52807&r=dst
IIS Stability:                       http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52807&r=isapi
Install GNU Sed:                     http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52807&r=gnused
Floating point limitations:          http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52807&r=float
No Zend Extensions:                  http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52807&r=nozend
MySQL Configuration Error:           http://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=52807&r=mysqlcfg

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