Re: protected/private access and var_dump/print_r

> var_dump($someobject); shows only public properties (as I'd expect), but > print_r($someobject) shows all properties (explicitly identifying > protected/private props). > So, to sum up the responses to the above question: 1) It's okay for print_r/var_dump to expose public/protected members (their access rights apply to the program, not the person) 2) print_r() shouldn't change a thing. 3) var_dump() *may* deserve a change to allow it to show private/protected props (There's an objection to this because....?...) Further would this qualify as a bugfix or more of a feature change? The next question that brings up then is in relation to bug#27798: I would think that get_object_vars() should expose private/protected props when called from within the class itself (as appropriate based on inheretance of course). Is this assumption true? -Sara