get_object_vars()

get_object_vars() — Gets the properties of the given object.

Built-in function of PHP 8.5. The manual lists it as available in PHP 4, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8. This page is the reference card: signature, parameters and return value, plus the changelog and the example the manual provides.

What it does

Gets the accessible non-static properties of the given object according to scope.

Signature

get_object_vars(object $object): array

Parameters

ParameterTypeWhat it takes
$objectobjectAn object instance.

Return value

Returns an associative array of defined object accessible non-static properties for the specified object in scope.

Example

A runnable snippet:

class foo { private $a; public $b = 1; public $c; private $d; static $e; public function test() { var_dump(get_object_vars($this)); } } $test = new foo; var_dump(get_object_vars($test)); $test->test();

Output:

array(2) { ["b"]=> int(1) ["c"]=> NULL } array(4) { ["a"]=> NULL ["b"]=> int(1) ["c"]=> NULL ["d"]=> NULL }

See also

get_class_methods(), get_class_vars()

All PHP 8.5 built-in functions

Reference card built from the PHP manual page get_object_vars() (PHP documentation, CC BY 3.0). The page is generated from the manual, so the wording of the parameter and return value text follows php.net.