Class/Object Functions
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get_object_vars

(PHP 4, PHP 5)

get_object_vars — Gets the public properties of the given object

Description

array get_object_vars ( object $object )

Gets the public properties of the given object .

Parameters

object

An object instance.

Return Values

Returns an associative array of defined object public properties for the specified object . If a property have not been assigned a value, it will be returned with a NULL value.

ChangeLog

Version Description
prior to 4.2.0 If the variables declared in the class of which the object is an instance, have not been assigned a value, those will not be returned in the array

Examples

Example #1 Use of get_object_vars()

<?php

class foo {
    private 
$a;
    public 
$b 1;
    public 
$c;
    private 
$d;
    static 
$e;
}

$test = new foo;
var_dump(get_object_vars($test));

?>

The above example will output:

array(2) {
  ["b"]=>
  int(1)
  ["c"]=>
  NULL
}

See Also


Class/Object Functions
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