Bug #42270 [Com]: stdClass could not be converted to string

From: Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 07:24:41 +0000
Subject: Bug #42270 [Com]: stdClass could not be converted to string
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 ID:                 42270
 Comment by:         serg4172 at mail dot ru
 Reported by:        steven dot mccoy at miru dot hk
 Summary:            stdClass could not be converted to string
 Status:             Bogus
 Type:               Bug
 Package:            JSON related
 Operating System:   Ubuntu 7.04
 PHP Version:        5.2.4RC1-dev
 Block user comment: N
 Private report:     N

 New Comment:

This is really json problem. Although I have PHP 5.3.3 I have the same
issue.

$params = json_decode($options);

This produce error

Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string

i solved i like this

$params = json_decode(trim(str_replace("\r\n", '\\n', $options)));


Previous Comments:
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[2007-08-17 19:57:20] jani@php.net

Okay, so you think array_diff() is broken. As our bug system sucks,
can't edit original comment, etc. so please, open new short report about
the array_diff issue. (this one is a bit confusing with the json stuff
and all) And make sure the new report does not have any references to
JSON. :D

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[2007-08-17 14:59:33] steven dot mccoy at miru dot hk

Well its either json_decode not making stdClass objects friendly for
comparison or array_diff() that broke.  Lets try the latter then.

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[2007-08-17 13:27:29] jani@php.net

So this has nothing to do with JSON? Please reclassify if that is true
and fix the summary to contain what the bug is really about..

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[2007-08-16 12:11:34] steven dot mccoy at miru dot hk

The situation I'm using it in is where the browser sends an array of
objects to PHP.  The PHP scripts uses PEAR::DB_DataObject to generate an
array of objects inside a database table, I then use
array_diff/array_udiff to calculate what is new, what has changed, and
what should be deleted.  The array_diff for items that have not changed
fails in 5.2 because PHP fails be able to compare some of the stdClass
objects.

 $new_products = array_filter($products,
array('Order','is_new_product'));
 debug('new_order_products: '.count($new_products).' found');
 $old_products = array_diff($new_products, $products);
 debug('old_order_products: '.count($old_products).' calculated');
 $updated_products = array_udiff($old_products, $current_products,
array('Order', 'product_compare'));
 debug('updated_order_products: '.count($updated_products).' found');
 $deleted_products = array_udiff($current_products, $products,
array('Order', 'product_compare_by_id'));
 debug('deleted_order_products: '.count($deleted_products).' found');


PEAR::DB_DataObject returns table rows as objects, the PHP JSON module
defaults to objects, but can include arrays of objects as shown
previously.

As a workaround I rebuilt PHP 5.1.6 from Ubuntu 6.10 on 7.04.  If
someone can provide a array_udiff function that can compare objects like
before that would be great :-)

If the current circumstances are not clear, I will repeat:  PHP 5.1.6
generates the expected result output as shown, PHP 5.2 does not.

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[2007-08-16 11:52:54] jani@php.net

Here's what I get for the encode:

{"first":[{"second":2},"two","three"]}

So actually you have another object inside the first, here's
var_dump($obj);

object(stdClass)#1 (1) {
  ["first"]=>
  array(3) {
    [0]=>
    object(stdClass)#2 (1) {
      ["second"]=>
      int(2)
    }
    [1]=>
    string(3) "two"
    [2]=>
    string(5) "three"
  }
}

And using json_decode($json, true):

array(1) {
  ["first"]=>
  array(3) {
    [0]=>
    array(1) {
      ["second"]=>
      int(2)
    }
    [1]=>
    string(3) "two"
    [2]=>
    string(5) "three"
  }
}

So what's the bug?

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