- // DEPRECATED! this code looks like it is very fragile and has not been fixed
- // for a long long time. Shall we remove it for 2.0?
- public function getval()
- {
- // UNSTABLE
- reset($this->me);
- list($a, $b) = each($this->me);
- // contributed by I Sofer, 2001-03-24
- // add support for nested arrays to scalarval
- // i've created a new method here, so as to
- // preserve back compatibility
-
- if (is_array($b)) {
- @reset($b);
- while (list($id, $cont) = @each($b)) {
- $b[$id] = $cont->scalarval();
- }
- }
-
- // add support for structures directly encoding php objects
- if (is_object($b)) {
- $t = get_object_vars($b);
- @reset($t);
- while (list($id, $cont) = @each($t)) {
- $t[$id] = $cont->scalarval();
- }
- @reset($t);
- while (list($id, $cont) = @each($t)) {
- @$b->$id = $cont;
- }
- }
- // end contrib
- return $b;
- }
-