Re: Object to array conversion oddity

On Sat, 2006-09-23 at 22:35 +0100, Marcus Bointon wrote: > 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. It's broken, it doesn't preserve references. Cheers, Rob. -- .------------------------------------------------------------. | InterJinn Application Framework - http://www.interjinn.com | :------------------------------------------------------------: | An application and templating framework for PHP. Boasting | | a powerful, scalable system for accessing system services | | such as forms, properties, sessions, and caches. InterJinn | | also provides an extremely flexible architecture for | | creating re-usable components quickly and easily. | `------------------------------------------------------------'