Bug #76186 [Com]: ArrayIterator is always Json encoded as an Object

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76186&edit=1 ID: 76186 Comment by: fractalesque at gmail dot com Reported by: lionel at lionelmartin dot eu Summary: ArrayIterator is always Json encoded as an Object Status: Open Type: Bug Package: SPL related Operating System: Linux PHP Version: 5.6.35 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: I fail to understand the "bug" part of your issue. It really is expected that an ArrayObject representation of an array be encoded as an object in json. The contrary would be quite unsettling, actually. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2018-04-05 14:01:52] lionel at lionelmartin dot eu Description: ------------ When using json_encode on an ArrayIterator (or ArrayObject), the result is always an object contrary to its json_encoded array representation. Test script: --------------- $array = ['my', 'test', 'array']; $arrayObject = new \ArrayObject($array); $arrayIterator = $arrayObject->getIterator(); echo json_encode($array); echo json_encode($arrayObject); echo json_encode($arrayIterator); Expected result: ---------------- ["my","test","array"] ["my","test","array"] ["my","test","array"] Actual result: -------------- ["my","test","array"] {"0":"my","1":"test","2":"array"} {"0":"my","1":"test","2":"array"} ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=76186&edit=1