JRegistryFormatPHP/objectToString

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Description[edit]

Converts an object into a php class string. NOTE: Only one depth level is supported.

Syntax[edit]

objectToString($object, $params)

Parameter Name	Default Value	Description
$object		Data Source Object
$params		Parameters used by the formatter

Returns[edit]

string Config class formatted string

Defined in[edit]

libraries/joomla/registry/format/php.php

Importing[edit]

jimport( 'joomla.registry.format.php' );

Source Body[edit]

public function objectToString($object, $params)
{
        // Build the object variables string
        $vars = '';
        foreach (get_object_vars($object) as $k => $v) {
                if (is_scalar($v)) {
                        $vars .= "\tpublic $". $k . " = '" . addcslashes($v, '\\\'') . "';\n";
                } else if (is_array($v)) {
                        $vars .= "\tpublic $". $k . " = " . $this->_getArrayString($v) . ";\n";
                }
        }

        $str = "<?php\nclass ".$params['class']." {\n";
        $str .= $vars;
        $str .= "}";

        // Use the closing tag if it not set to false in parameters.
        if (!isset($params['closingtag']) || $params['closingtag'] !== false) {
                $str .= "\n?>";
        }

        return $str;
}

Examples[edit]

Code Examples[edit]

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