#41678 [Bgs]: ArrayObject::getArrayCopy() gives strange results

[killgec at gmail dot com]

 ID:               41678
 User updated by:  killgec at gmail dot com
 Reported By:      killgec at gmail dot com
 Status:           Bogus
 Bug Type:         SPL related
 Operating System: *
 PHP Version:      5.2.3
 New Comment:

Thanks. Then I think docs should be corrected:

"when the ArrayObject refers to an object then this method returns an
array of the public properties."

http://www.php.net/~helly/php/ext/spl/classArrayObject.html#0215024a956996b2ddec156e0d7d544a


Previous Comments:
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[2007-06-15 21:15:24] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Thank you for taking the time to write to us, but this is not
a bug. Please double-check the documentation available at
http://www.php.net/manual/ and the instructions on how to report
a bug at http://bugs.php.net/how-to-report.php

These strange chars are actually zero's. And that is simply the way PHP
encodes public and protected member variables.

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[2007-06-13 12:10:31] killgec at gmail dot com

Description:
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ArrayObject::getArrayCopy() returns not only public properties of an
object, but private and protected properties, too. These last two have
strange "inner-style" keys with illegal characters. 

Documentation says that ArrayObject::getArrayCopy() returns array
created of public properties:
http://www.php.net/~helly/php/ext/spl/classArrayObject.html

Reproduce code:
---------------
class A {
        public $a = 1;
        protected $b = 2;
        private $c = 3;
        
}

$a = new A();
$ao = new ArrayObject($a);
print_R($ao->getArrayCopy());
var_dump((array)$ao);

Expected result:
----------------
Array
(
    [a] => 1
)
array(3) {
  ["a"]=>
  int(1)
}

Actual result:
--------------
Array
(
    [a] => 1
    [< 1 illegal character here>*< 1 illegal character here>b] => 2
    [< 1 illegal character here>A< 1 illegal character here>c] => 3
)
array(3) {
  ["a"]=>
  int(1)
  ["< 1 illegal character here>*< 1 illegal character here>b"]=>
  int(2)
  ["< 1 illegal character here>A< 1 illegal character here>c"]=>
  int(3)
}

literally:

Array
(
    [a] => 1
    [&#65533;*&#65533;b] => 2
    [&#65533;A&#65533;c] => 3
)
array(3) {
  ["a"]=>
  int(1)
  ["&#65533;*&#65533;b"]=>
  int(2)
  ["&#65533;A&#65533;c"]=>
  int(3)
}


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