Re: toString() and Object #ID

Hello Pavel, I still fail to understand why spl_object_hash() does not work for you. How about: function foo($obj) { if (is_object($obj)) { return "object(" . get_class($obj) . ")#" . spl_object_hash($obj); } return NULL; } marcus Sunday, July 1, 2007, 9:18:19 PM, you wrote: >> Again see mail archive for why. That said the name appears to be >> the best option already. > Oh, yes, you're right spl_object_hash does its job and does it very > well, there's really no point rename it(or make an alias) into > object_get_id. I should have stated more clear what I think > object_get_id could actually be. > How about object_get_id being a function returning the very first line > of var_dump's output being applied to the object? Let me be a bit more > specific, here's an example of var_dump usage: > $ php -r "class Foo{};$foo = new Foo();var_dump($foo);" > object(Foo)#1 (0) { > } > What I actually need, not the object hash but simply its unique id. > And in this case "object(Foo)#1" would be just fine. How can I get it? > The only way AFAIK is to surround var_dump with > ob_start/ob_get_contents/ob_end_clean functions and extract this > value. > The problem with approach is if one has a complex object connected > with a graph of other complex objects(with recursive links) var_dump > may take a _very_ long time to complete. > And this is what object_get_id could do - simply return object id > prefixed with the class name. Best regards, Marcus