note 76215 added to function.json-encode

Here is a way to convert an object to an array which will include all protected and private members before you send it to json_encode() <?php function objectArray( $object ) { if ( is_array( $object )) return $object ; if ( !is_object( $object )) return false ; $serial = serialize( $object ) ; $serial = preg_replace( '/O:\d+:".+?"/' ,'a' , $serial ) ; if( preg_match_all( '/s:\d+:"\\0.+?\\0(.+?)"/' , $serial, $ms, PREG_SET_ORDER )) { foreach( $ms as $m ) { $serial = str_replace( $m[0], 's:'. strlen( $m[1] ) . ':"'.$m[1] . '"', $serial ) ; } } return @unserialize( $serial ) ; } // TESTING class A { public $a = 'public for a' ; protected $b = true ; private $c = 123 ; } class B { public $d = 'public for b' ; protected $e = false ; private $f = 456 ; } $a = new A() ; $a -> d = new B() ; echo '<pre>' ; print_r( $a ) ; print_r( objectArray( $a )) ; ?> Cheers! mike ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 99.247.248.117 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/76215 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76215/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76215/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76215/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76215/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76215/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76215/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/76215 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/76215 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php