zend_json an array that contains objects

so suppose I have this

$arr = array(some object with property a,b,c,d,etc);

and you call Zend_Json::encode($arr);

instead of encoding the object within it as well, it will just return an encoded empty array: [{}]

which is an epic fail

how do I tell Zend_Json to also encode the object within the array and not just return this failure

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alright so I actually have this method in the class:

public function toJson开发者_高级运维(){
    $params = get_object_vars($this);
    return Zend_Json::encode($params);
}

yet it's still only outputting an empty array

[{}]

encoding the object itself works, but not if it's inside an array

...

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If you are encoding PHP objects by default the encoding mechanism can only access public properties of these objects. When a method toJson() is implemented on an object to encode, Zend_Json calls this method and expects the object to return a JSON representation of its internal state.

http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.json.advanced.html#zend.json.advanced.objects2

Update : This is the piece of code I tried. And it works fine, I feel your object properties has no values.

class Hello 
{
    private $hello = 'Hello';
    public $wolrd = ' World';

    public function getProperties()
    {
            return get_object_vars($this);
    }

}
$json = new Zend_Json();
$hello = new Hello();
echo $json->encode( array( $hello->getProperties() ) );

Result :

[{"hello":"Hello","wolrd":" World"}]

Hope fully this will work. Some thoughts from the post ;) http://blog.calevans.com/2008/02/21/zend_jsonencode-and-wth-are-all-my-properties/

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By default Zend_Json::encode method uses PHP json_encode function. You need to set Zend_Json::$useBuiltinEncoderDecoder to true and implement a toJson method in your domain object which is in your array. This method should return valid json string.

class Foo
{
    private $a;
    private $b;

    public function toJson()
    {
        return $json = Zend_Json::encode(array(
            'a' => $this->a;
            'b' => $this->b
        ));
    }
}
Zend_Json::$useBuiltinEncoderDecoder = true;
echo Zend_Json::encode(array(new Foo()));