--TEST-- Lazy objects: Conversion to array --FILE-- a = 1; $this->b = 2; } } function test(string $name, object $obj) { printf("# %s\n", $name); $reflector = new ReflectionClass(C::class); $reflector->getProperty('a')->setRawValueWithoutLazyInitialization($obj, 3); $a = []; // Converts $obj to array internally array_splice($a, 0, 0, $obj); var_dump($a, $obj); $reflector->initializeLazyObject($obj); $a = []; array_splice($a, 0, 0, $obj); var_dump($a, $obj); } $reflector = new ReflectionClass(C::class); $obj = $reflector->newLazyGhost(function ($obj) { $obj->__construct(); }); test('Ghost', $obj); $obj = $reflector->newLazyProxy(function () { return new C(); }); test('Proxy', $obj); ?> --EXPECTF-- # Ghost array(1) { [0]=> int(3) } lazy ghost object(C)#%d (1) { ["a"]=> int(3) } array(2) { [0]=> int(1) [1]=> int(2) } object(C)#%d (2) { ["a"]=> int(1) ["b"]=> int(2) } # Proxy array(1) { [0]=> int(3) } lazy proxy object(C)#%d (1) { ["a"]=> int(3) } array(2) { [0]=> int(1) [1]=> int(2) } lazy proxy object(C)#%d (1) { ["instance"]=> object(C)#%d (2) { ["a"]=> int(1) ["b"]=> int(2) } }