Re: Proposal: ArraySerializable interface

On 11 December 2013 01:23, chobie <chobieee@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I've got an idea for adding common way to convert array from object: > ArraySerializable interface and to allow the changing of existing > array conversion mechanism. ... Currently, the implicit object to array conversion does not work > recursively. This propose changes object to array conversion behaviour > which implements ArraySerializable interface. specifically > ArraySerializable::__toArray method overrides current (array) cast. > > interface ArraySerializable > { > /** @return array */ > public function __toArray(); > } > I have no problems with the proposal in general, however did you see there is an RFC already related to this ( https://wiki.php.net/rfc/object_cast_to_types) that has a patch you might like to reference? I would still like to see the full suite of type-conversion magic methods, I don't see an argument for implementing one and not the others. Not sure if this should come with an interface, for example __toString() does not come with a StringSerializable interface. Perhaps __toArray() / __toString / __toWhatever should all be available without an interface, but also have interfaces that wrap them for the sake of typehinting (which means adding an interface for __toString)