On Fri, Jul 31, 2015 at 4:53 PM, Nicolas Grekas < nicolas.grekas+...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > I also know people that print_r($an_object) and parse the output just to >> extract the object handle from there... Crazy isn't it ? >> > > I plead guilty for doing this, but php let me no better choice for now ;) > > The attached patch removes the XOR hashing for the object handle (it's > useless, the "secret" is trivially guessed after parsing the output of > var_dump). > > It would be awesome if this patch could be applied for php 7.0! > > Cheers, > Nicolas > <http://marc.info/?l=php-internals&m=141811755908008&w=2> > > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php I'd prefer to add a separate function spl_object_id, which directly returns the handle. This should supersede spl_object_hash in the long run. spl_object_hash does a bunch of pointless things that serve no purpose other than making the function slower and making the result more bulky. Nikita
