Req #79972 [Nab]: Implement JsonSerializable interface in stdClass

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79972&edit=1 ID: 79972 User updated by: fodor dot laszlo at gmail dot com Reported by: fodor dot laszlo at gmail dot com Summary: Implement JsonSerializable interface in stdClass Status: Not a bug Type: Feature/Change Request Package: Class/Object related PHP Version: 7.4.9 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: Yes, as I stated this is more of a feature request. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2020-08-13 13:31:22] nikic@php.net I think it's worth mentioning here that using JsonSerializable as a type hint makes very little sense. The JsonSerializable class is a bit of a misnomer, and should really be something like HasCustomJsonSerializationLogic. Your default assumption should be that *everything* is JSON serializable. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2020-08-13 13:23:35] brzuchal@php.net Sorry, but your problem does not imply a bug in PHP itself. For a list of more appropriate places to ask for help using PHP, please visit http://www.php.net/support.php as this bug system is not the appropriate forum for asking support questions. The stdClass is a class which don't implement any interface on purpose cause it has no behaviour. Whenever you cast to an (object) or use json_decode() you get stdClass objects initially with no behaviour as well. Thank you for your interest in PHP. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2020-08-13 13:15:41] fodor dot laszlo at gmail dot com Description: ------------ It would be great if stdClass would implement JsonSerializable for multiple reasons. First of all, since the interface has been introduced a lot of methods are expecting JsonSerializable as a parameter to work with by type-hinting the parameter. And sometimes these methods should work properly with an array as well. If stdClass would implement JsonSerializable interface a simple (object) casting would be enough to pass an array to such method. Another reason is testing. Currently I need to set up a Mock object to test a method what expects a JsonSerializable. Instead I could just use a simple stdClass with some dummy data in it ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=79972&edit=1