Possible bug in get_class_vars() - Fwd: Re: [PHP-NOTES] note 9782 added to get_class_vars

Problem with the beahviour of get_class_vars() in declared by uninstantiated classes, description below. --- Albert Xin Jiang <albertjiang@yahoo.com> wrote: > Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2000 04:07:33 -0800 (PST) > From: Albert Xin Jiang <albertjiang@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [PHP-NOTES] note 9782 added to > get_class_vars > To: "J. M. Castagnetto" <jcastagnetto@yahoo.com>, > php-notes@lists.php.net > > Thanks for the reply! > I went back and tested it again, and this is what I > found out: > > get_class_vars() only works as expected IF the class > has been instantiated before. In your example, > without the > $o = new $foo(); > statement, print_r($vars) would fail silently, > while var_dump($vars) would output something like > > array(5) > { > > ["name"] => string(10) "foo object" > > ["boolarr"] => UNKNOWN:0 > > } > > Another interesting example: suppose class b is a > subclass of a, and we > instantiate class b, then get_class_vars('b') > would > work fine, with all > the inherited member variables. But > get_class_vars('a') would still choke > on arrays. > > Is this the expected behavior? In my particular > situation, I want to access > a member variable $defaults['img_width'] outside of > the class, > divide it by say 5, and pass the result to the > constructor. > It's no use to change it after the instantiation, > because the constructor uses it to do other things. > There are probably ways to work around this, but I > thought get_class_vars() > is designed to solve these kind of problems.... > > Cheers, > Albert > > > --- "J. M. Castagnetto" <jcastagnetto@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > Incorrect. The following works as expected (PHP > > 4.0.3pl1, RH 6.1): > > > > class foo { > > var $boolarr = array("false"=>0, "true"=>1); > > var $name = "foo object"; > > > > function foo ($name="") { > > if ($name) > > $this->name = $name; > > } > > } > > > > $o = new foo(); > > $vars = get_class_vars("foo"); > > print_r($vars); > > > > Outputs: > > > > Array > > ( > > [boolarr] => Array > > ( > > [false] => 0 > > [true] => 1 > > ) > > > > [name] => foo object > > ) > > > > > > Your code logic may be incorrect. Are you testing > to > > see what type of result each array item has? > > > > Your note will be removed. > > > > --- albertjiang@yahoo.com wrote: > > > Doesn't work with member variables that are > > arrays. > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.php.net/manual/function.get-class-vars.php > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > PHP Notes Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: > > > php-notes-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > > > For additional commands, e-mail: > > > php-notes-help@lists.php.net > > > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > > > php-list-admin@lists.php.net > > > > > > > > > ===== > > --- Jesus M. Castagnetto (jcastagnetto@yahoo.com) > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of > > Products. > > http://shopping.yahoo.com/ > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of > Products. > http://shopping.yahoo.com/ ===== --- Jesus M. Castagnetto (jcastagnetto@yahoo.com) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/