Re: Re: print_r, var_dump and private properties in PHP5

Hi Florian, Florian Anderiasch wrote: > thanks for your reply, but imho that doesn't really answer my question. > It was changed from >> also show protected and private properties of objects with PHP 5, on >> the contrary to <function>var_dump</function>. > to >> also show protected and private properties of objects with PHP 5. > > But, it still *implies* that var_dump() should behave in another way, > like hide the private properties. To clarify it, there should be > something like: >> var_dump(), print_r() and var_export() all show the private.... Sorry, I didn't read carefully enough. But var_dump() manual page states: | In PHP 5 all public, private and protected properties of objects will | be returned in the output. Therefore, I think that Jakub forgot to add var_dump() when he removed ", on the contrary to <function>var_dump</function>" from print_r() documentation. > And the question remains if there is a way to dump only public > properties and if not, why so? :) I can't help here, sorry. Regards, Mark