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<refentry xml:id="function.get-object-vars" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>get_object_vars</refname>
  <refpurpose>Gets the properties of the given object</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>array</type><methodname>get_object_vars</methodname>
   <methodparam><type>object</type><parameter>object</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
   Gets the properties of the given <parameter>object</parameter>.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>object</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
       An object instance.
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   Returns an associative array of defined object properties for the
   specified <parameter>object</parameter>. If a property have not been
   assigned a value, it will be returned with a &null; value.
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="changelog">
  &reftitle.changelog;
  <para>
   <informaltable>
    <tgroup cols="2">
     <thead>
      <row>
       <entry>&Version;</entry>
       <entry>&Description;</entry>
      </row>
     </thead>
     <tbody>
      <row>
       <entry>prior to 4.2.0</entry>
       <entry>
        If the variables declared in the class of which the
        <parameter>object</parameter> is an instance, have not been assigned a
        value, those will not be returned in the array
       </entry>
      </row>
     </tbody>
    </tgroup>
   </informaltable>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
  <para>
   <example>
    <title>Use of <function>get_object_vars</function></title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
class Point2D {
    var $x, $y;
    var $label;

    function Point2D($x, $y)
    {
        $this->x = $x;
        $this->y = $y;
    }

    function setLabel($label)
    {
        $this->label = $label;
    }

    function getPoint()
    {
        return array("x" => $this->x,
                     "y" => $this->y,
                     "label" => $this->label);
    }
}

// "$label" is declared but not defined
$p1 = new Point2D(1.233, 3.445);
print_r(get_object_vars($p1));

$p1->setLabel("point #1");
print_r(get_object_vars($p1));

?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
    &example.outputs;
    <screen>
<![CDATA[
 Array
 (
     [x] => 1.233
     [y] => 3.445
     [label] =>
 )

 Array
 (
     [x] => 1.233
     [y] => 3.445
     [label] => point #1
 )
]]>
    </screen>
   </example>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
   <simplelist>
    <member><function>get_class_methods</function></member>
    <member><function>get_class_vars</function></member>
   </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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