getting private class variables from outside the class

[maxima]

Hi guys

Is there any way to get private class variables from outside the class ? I mean, I know that's the whole point of private, but just for kicks I was writing a my_var_export() and so far for arrays, strings, integers, resources, the output is identical to var_export(), but I can't get classes to work where as the real var_export can (because it can access private variables)... how does it do that ? Or is there a way I can ?

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[pablo]

Hello

Create a public function inside the class that returns the private variable and call the function from the other class. -- This message may have been cut off and the rest will only be shown to members. To become a member, click here --

[slovaski]

In making members private the point is that it shouldn't be viewable by any external actor to the class. However PHP object oriented is a *joke* and what you are experiencing is one of its aspect. Any native function can access the private members.

If the var_export() function doesn't please you and you really want to write your own then you can't use the class as entry to read private member but you can try to analyse one of the following:

print_r($class)
var_export($class)
var_dump($class)
serialize($class)
...
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[algo]

Are you using php 5.xx ? if you do take a look at this

$c = new ReflectionClass("myClass");
Reflection::export($c);

and of course

$c->getMethods() ect ect ect

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