Req #72579 [Fbk->NoF]: Support (array)-casting for objects

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72579&edit=1 ID: 72579 Updated by: php-bugs@lists.php.net Reported by: geiger at karim dot email Summary: Support (array)-casting for objects -Status: Feedback +Status: No Feedback Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Class/Object related PHP Version: Next Major Version Private report: N New Comment: No feedback was provided. The bug is being suspended because we assume that you are no longer experiencing the problem. If this is not the case and you are able to provide the information that was requested earlier, please do so and change the status of the bug back to "Re-Opened". Thank you. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-07-12 06:23:04] geiger at karim dot email I see preserving keys could be a problem and there should be a way to create an array out of the values of an object only, like iterator_to_array($foo, false) does, but nevertheless, I think that "losing" duplicate keys can be seen as expected behaviour when casting to an array, since there are by definition no duplicate keys in an array. Take this example: $a = (int)3.14; What's $a going to be? Obviously, it'll result in a flat 3, because an integer just does not support decimals, and that's okay, since it is by fact an integer. Arrays in PHP don't support duplicate keys, hence, you won't get them and they'll be "lost". What arrays in PHP do support, are non-numeric keys, which means, you will get them. In my opinion, you have to deal with things like that manually if you're trying to cast one type to another. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-07-11 21:12:51] nikic@php.net iterator_to_array() has two modes: It can either preserve the keys of the iterator, or it can reindex it. It depends on the iterator which of these behaviors is appropriate. Especially with generator functions it's very common that preserving keys will yield a result of limited usefulness, as duplicate keys are overwritten. If (array) were to automatically invoke iterator_to_array() in one of these modes, you'd probably end up with the wrong behavior half the time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-07-11 21:08:36] geiger at karim dot email Thanks for the quick response. I didn't know that function and it does pretty much what I intend to do, but the problem is: I have to call it manually. I'd love to see that function being invoked automatically when casting to an array, since that's the point of having a cast option after all. In my mind it's not consistent to be able to foreach through an object as expected but getting something completely different when casting it to an array. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-07-11 20:58:07] requinix@php.net How about iterator_to_array()? http://php.net/iterator-to-array ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2016-07-11 20:48:41] geiger at karim dot email Related To: Bug #52807 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The remainder of the comments for this report are too long. To view the rest of the comments, please view the bug report online at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72579 -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72579&edit=1