Sara Golemon wrote:var_dump($someobject); shows only public properties (as I'd expect), but print_r($someobject) shows all properties (explicitly identifying protected/private props).
I agree with Derick and Andrey in that if anything should be changed it is var_dump.
Reasoning: PPP is there to specify an interface, not to be used in a sandbox way. Both var_dump and print_r are for human inspection and I don't an advantage in hiding information there, quite the opposite.
I agree that showing all PPP makes more sense for these functions. They are mainly debugging tools and for human inspection. Information hiding is important on the language level itself.
Andi
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