__PHP_Incomplete_Class Object Demystified
1. First take note of the output. A simple example:
__PHP_Incomplete_Class Object (
[__PHP_Incomplete_Class_Name] => SomeObject1
[obj1property1] => somevalue1 [obj1property2] => __PHP_Incomplete_Class Object ( [__PHP_Incomplete_Class_Name] => SomeObject2 [obj2property1] => somevalue1 [obj2property2] => Array (
['key1'] => somevalue3, ['key2'] => somevalue4 ) ) )
2. We analyze this and break it down.
__PHP_Incomplete_Class Object tells you there is an object that needs to be declared somehow.
__PHP_Incomplete_Class_Name simply tells you the expected class name. It is just one of the properties for now.
So we have:
a) an unknown object that has a class name SomeObject1 (first class)
b) it has 2 properties, namely obj1property1 and obj2property2
c) obj2property2 is itself an object whose class name is SomeObject2 (the second class)
d) SomeObject2 has two properties, obj2property1 and obj2property2
e) obj2property2 is an array that contains two elements
3. Now that we have an idea of the structure, we shall create class definitions based from it. We will just create properties for now, methods are not required as a minimum.
<?php
class SomeObject1 {
public $obj1property1;
public $obj1property2;
}
class SomeObject2 {
public $obj2property1;
public $obj2property2;
}
?>
4. Have that accessible to your script and it will solve the __PHP_Incomplete_Class Object problem as far as the output is concerned. Now you will have:
SomeObject1 ( [obj1property1] => somevalue1 [obj1property2] => SomeObject2 ( [obj2property1] => somevalue1 [obj2property2] => Array ( ['key1'] => somevalue3, ['key2'] => somevalue4 ) ) )
As you will notice, __PHP_Incomplete_Class Object is gone and replaced by the class name. The property __PHP_Incomplete_Class_Name is also removed.
5. As for the array property obj2property2, we can directly access that and just assume that it is an array and loop through it:
<?php
$data = unserialize($serialized_data);
$data2 = $data->obj1property2();
foreach($data2->obj2property2 as $key => $value):
print $key.' : '. $value .'<br>';
endforeach;
?>
Outputs:
key1 : somevalue3
key2 : somevalue4
That's it. You can add more methods on the class declarations for the given properties, provided you keep your original output as basis for the data types.
