Does the order of an object's properties mean anything?

[NotionCommotion]

<?php



function bool2str($bool)

{

    if ($bool === false) {

        return 'FALSE';

    } else {

        return 'TRUE';

    }

}



function compareObjects(&$o1, &$o2)

{

    echo '$o1'."\n";

    var_dump($o1);

    echo '$o2'."\n";

    var_dump($o2);

    echo 'o1 == o2 : ' . bool2str($o1 == $o2) . "\n";

    echo 'o1 != o2 : ' . bool2str($o1 != $o2) . "\n";

    echo 'o1 === o2 : ' . bool2str($o1 === $o2) . "\n";

    echo 'o1 !== o2 : ' . bool2str($o1 !== $o2) . "\n\n\n";

}





$o1 = new \stdClass;

$o1->a=123;

$o1->b=222;

$o1->c=321;



$o2 = new \stdClass;

$o2->c=321;

$o2->b=222;

$o2->a=123;



$o3 = new \stdClass;

$o3->a=123;

$o3->b=222;

$o3->c=321;



compareObjects($o1, $o1);

compareObjects($o1, $o2);

compareObjects($o1, $o3);

$o1

object(stdClass)#1 (3) {

  ["a"]=>

  int(123)

  ["b"]=>

  int(222)

  ["c"]=>

  int(321)

}

$o2

object(stdClass)#1 (3) {

  ["a"]=>

  int(123)

  ["b"]=>

  int(222)

  ["c"]=>

  int(321)

}

o1 == o2 : TRUE

o1 != o2 : FALSE

o1 === o2 : TRUE

o1 !== o2 : FALSE





$o1

object(stdClass)#1 (3) {

  ["a"]=>

  int(123)

  ["b"]=>

  int(222)

  ["c"]=>

  int(321)

}

$o2

object(stdClass)#2 (3) {

  ["c"]=>

  int(321)

  ["b"]=>

  int(222)

  ["a"]=>

  int(123)

}

o1 == o2 : TRUE

o1 != o2 : FALSE

o1 === o2 : FALSE

o1 !== o2 : TRUE





$o1

object(stdClass)#1 (3) {

  ["a"]=>

  int(123)

  ["b"]=>

  int(222)

  ["c"]=>

  int(321)

}

$o2

object(stdClass)#3 (3) {

  ["a"]=>

  int(123)

  ["b"]=>

  int(222)

  ["c"]=>

  int(321)

}

o1 == o2 : TRUE

o1 != o2 : FALSE

o1 === o2 : FALSE

o1 !== o2 : TRUE

[requinix]

Order does not matter. Loose object comparison works like an array comparison.

[NotionCommotion]

Order does not matter. Loose object comparison works like an array comparison.

 

Guess I kind of knew that as my little script proved it.  Still thought "maybe" there was some scenario where it might.  Thanks for the confirmation.