Req #60924 [NEW]: ArrayObject should implement JsonSerializable interface

From: Operating system: PHP version: 5.4.0RC6 Package: Class/Object related Bug Type: Feature/Change Request Bug description:ArrayObject should implement JsonSerializable interface Description: ------------ PHP 5.4 brings the new JsonSerializable interface. ArrayObject already works with json_encode as expected but does not explicitly implement this interface. Test script: --------------- $ao = new ArrayObject(array('foo' => 'bar')); var_dump(json_encode($ao)); var_dump($ao instanceof JsonSerializable); var_dump($ao->jsonSerialize()); Expected result: ---------------- string(13) "{"foo":"bar"}" bool(true) string(13) "{"foo":"bar"}" Actual result: -------------- string(13) "{"foo":"bar"}" bool(false) PHP Fatal error: Call to undefined method ArrayObject::jsonSerialize() in - on line 6 -- Edit bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=60924&edit=1 -- Try a snapshot (PHP 5.4): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=trysnapshot54 Try a snapshot (PHP 5.3): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=trysnapshot53 Try a snapshot (trunk): https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=trysnapshottrunk Fixed in SVN: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=fixed Fixed in SVN and need be documented: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=needdocs Fixed in release: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=alreadyfixed Need backtrace: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=needtrace Need Reproduce Script: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=needscript Try newer version: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=oldversion Not developer issue: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=support Expected behavior: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=notwrong Not enough info: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=notenoughinfo Submitted twice: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=submittedtwice register_globals: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=globals PHP 4 support discontinued: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=php4 Daylight Savings: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=dst IIS Stability: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=isapi Install GNU Sed: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=gnused Floating point limitations: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=float No Zend Extensions: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=nozend MySQL Configuration Error: https://bugs.php.net/fix.php?id=60924&r=mysqlcfg