Corece an `array` out of an `stdClass`? about psl HOT 3 CLOSED

We could accept any object

IMO a bit too risky 😁

Array casts on objects lead to weird null byte keys too.

My endorsement would be to start with stdClass, since its semantics are well known.

Any Traversable is also already handled.

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This could be a nice addition indeed.

Just thinking out loud here: We could accept any object and cast it to an array.

https://3v4l.org/Hrv0H

<?php

$x = (object) [];
$x->foo = 'bar';


class X {
    public $foo = 'bar';
    private $baz = 'bar';
}



var_dump((array) $x);
var_dump((array) new X);

However:

• I'm not sure that this will work for all kind of objects. Maybe you know about this?
• It takes all properties, also private ones.
• It seems a bit hacky to implement it this way.
  • The alternative is to use reflection (like this) - but this package does not have a reflection component (yet).

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