note 101288 added to language.types.object

i would like to share a curious behavior on casted objects. Casting an object from a class with private/protected attributes results a stdClass with a private/protected attribute for get. Example: <?PHP class Foo{ private $priv = 1; public $pub = 2; public function getSimple(){ return (object)(array) $this; //the array cast is to force a stdClass result } } $bar = new Foo(); var_dump($bar->getSimple();// output: object(stdClass)#3 (2) { ["priv:private"]=> int(1) ["pub"]=> int(2) } var_dump($bar->getSimple()->priv);// output: NULL, not a Fatal Error var_dump($bar->getSimple()->pub);// output: int(2) $barSimple = $bar->getSimple(); $barSimple->priv = 10; var_dump($barSimple->priv);// output: int(10) ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 190.245.206.34 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.types.object.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/101288 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101288/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101288/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101288/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101288/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101288/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101288/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/101288 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/101288 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php