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Request #61953 A function for getting class instances
Submitted: 2012-05-05 18:36 UTC Modified: 2012-05-08 23:48 UTC
From: dev at pp3345 dot de Assigned:
Status: Not a bug Package: Class/Object related
PHP Version: 5.4.2 OS:
Private report: No CVE-ID: None
 [2012-05-05 18:36 UTC] dev at pp3345 dot de
Description:
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I'd like to have a function that returns all instances of a given class with 
information about where it was instantiated and referenced. This could really 
help in debugging. A possible implementation could be

get_instances(string $class_name);

or

ReflectionClass::getInstances(string $class_name);


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 [2012-05-08 23:48 UTC] johannes@php.net
-Status: Open +Status: Not a bug
 [2012-05-08 23:48 UTC] johannes@php.net
This information is not easily available from the engine and tracking it would be quite expensive. If you need it, you can do it using something like this: (untested)

$tracked_objects = array(); // Global

class TrackedClass {
    public function __construct() {
       $GLOBAL['tracked_objects'][spl_object_hash($this)] = array(
           'class' => get_class($this),
           'stack' => debug_backtrace()
       );
    }
    public function __destruct() {
       unset($GLOBAL['tracked_objects'][spl_object_hash($this)]);
    }
}

Any class you want to track can than be extended from such a class (or use 5.4 and traits) andyou can inspect $tracked_objects.
 
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