Re: Object to array conversion oddity

I've written a function that does a conversion that matches the docs, based on the other info I've mentioned: /** * Clean up the name munging that PHP applies while casting from object to array * The resulting array looks like what the documentation says that (array)$object delivers, but actually doesn't * @param object $object The object to convert * @return array */ function object2array($object) { $class = get_class($object); $array = (array)$object; $propArray = array(); $matches = array(); foreach ($array as $key => $value) { if (preg_match('/^\0(([a-zA-Z_\x7f-\xff][a-zA-Z0-9_\x7f-\xff]*)\0([a-zA-Z_\x7f-\xff][a-zA-Z0-9_\x7f-\xff]*)$/', $key, $matches)) { //It's a private property if ($matches[1] == $class) { //Ignore private props of superclasses $propArray[$matches[2]] = $value; } } elseif (preg_match('/^\0(\*)\0([a-zA-Z_\x7f-\xff][a-zA-Z0-9_\x7f-\xff]*)$/', $key, $matches)) { //It's a protected property $propArray[$matches[2]] = $value; } else { //It's a public property $propArray[$key] = $value; } } return $propArray; } Works nicely for me. Marcus -- Marcus Bointon Synchromedia Limited: Creators of http://www.smartmessages.net/ marcus@synchromedia.co.uk | http://www.synchromedia.co.uk/