Re: get an object property

On 9/12/09 12:31 AM, "Paul M Foster" <paulf@quillandmouse.com> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 07:31:01PM -0400, Tom Worster wrote: > >> if i have an expression that evaluates to an object, the return value from a >> function, say, and i only want the value of one of the objects properties, >> is there a tidy way to get it without setting another variable? >> >> to illustrate, here's something that doesn't work, but it would be >> convenient if it did: >> >> $o = array( (object) array('a'=>1), (object) array('a'=>2) ); >> >> if ( end($o)->a > 1 ) { // can't use -> like this! >> ... >> } >> > > You should use print_r() or var_dump() to investigate what happens when > you try to cast an array into an object. I myself don't know what would > happen. Also, what's allowed and what effects are produced could depend > heavily on the version of PHP you're running. Version 4 != 5 != 5.3 in > this respect. i did that long ago when i was looking for php's object literal syntax. i didn't find one. we discussed it here more recently and consensus appeared to be that casting an array was the most convenient workaround.