Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52807&edit=1

 ID:                 52807
 Comment by:         jtegwen at gmail dot com
 Reported by:        jtegwen at gmail dot com
 Summary:            magic __toArray() for objects
 Status:             Duplicate
 Type:               Feature/Change Request
 Package:            Class/Object related
 Operating System:   n/a
 PHP Version:        Irrelevant
 Block user comment: N

 New Comment:

I found that request when researching this one. I read that as casting
*to* an object not casting *from* an object. 



Am I missing something?


Previous Comments:
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[2010-09-10 04:58:39] ahar...@php.net

Probably better bundled under request #52583 -- the RFC linked to there
is specifically to deal with casting to scalar types, but the syntax
suggested in the feature request is general enough to deal with arrays.

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[2010-09-09 22:33:53] jtegwen at gmail dot com

Description:
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It would be nice to have an analogous method to __toString() for
arrays.. maybe __toArray() for customized array return. 

Test script:
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class myObject {

  private $data1;

  private $data2;

  private $meta1;



  public function __construct($data1, $data2) {

    $this->data1 = $data1;

    $this->data2 = $data2;

    $this->meta1 = strlen($data1) + strlen($data2);

  }

  public function __toArray() {

    return array('data1'=>$this->data1, 'data2'=>$this->data2);

  }

}



  $obj = new myObject('test', 'script');

  var_dump($obj);





Expected result:
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array('data1'=>'test', 'data2'=> 'script')

Actual result:
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Not implemented


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