Response collection to plain array conversion method about net_routeros HOT 4 OPEN

The properties in each response are also traversable. i.e. you can do

$plain = [];
/**
 * @var \PEAR2\Net\RouterOS\ResponseCollection $response
 * @var \PEAR2\Net\RouterOS\Response $row
 */
foreach ($response as $i => $row) {
    $plain[$i] = [];
    foreach ($row as $name => $value) {
        $plain[$i][$name] = $value;
    }
}

And with that in mind, I'm not sure I see a good use case for when a plain array is required... In the rare case where it might be needed, you can extract it out of the traversable, e.g.

$plain = [];
/** @var \ArrayObject $iterator */
$iterator = $response[0]->getIterator();
$plain[0] = $iterator->getArrayCopy();

The typical cases where you may need an array, like indexing based on a property value or ordering based on one or more properties are possible with the methods in ResponseCollection.

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I use plain arrays for saving a result as a json to a DB. And I use it a lot for debugging, when I just need to dump a result. With the current state I can't see a result in a readable format, when I use breakpoints. I have to convert it to an array.

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Well, I've made 0a8e77c in which I've added __debugInfo() support to answer this request, and also an option in ResponseCollection::toArray() to call it on all responses in the collection.

The JSON serialization is an interesting use case, and my first thought was to use the JsonSerializable interface, but that one would require that the minimum required PHP version is bumped to PHP 5.4. __debugInfo() on the other hand has an effect in PHP 5.6 and later, but can be called like a normal function in all earlier PHP versions.

The upcoming phar will include it, but in the meantime, if you want to try it out now, you can use composer, and specify the version you want as "dev-develop".

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Thanks a lot!

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