Clonage d'objets
COMPARISONS AND EQUALITY are NOT the same
I'm not sure that the PHP Example #1 above is clear enough. In my own experience, I have found there is a distinct difference between a "comparison" and a "test for equality". The difference is found in the possible return values of the function being used, for example.
/*
* Test two values for EQUALITY - returns (boolean) TRUE or FALSE.
*/
function equals($a, $b)
{
return ($a == $b);
}
/*
* COMPARE two values - returns (int) -1, 0, or 1.
*/
function compare($a, $b)
{
if($a < $b) return -1;
else if($a == $b) return 0;
else if($a > $b) return 1;
else return -1;
}
My examples clarify the difference between "making a comparison" and "testing for equality". You can substitute any of the "==" with "===" for example, but the point is on the possible return values of the function. All tests for EQUALITY will return TRUE or FALSE, and a COMPARISON will give a "<", "==", or ">" answers... which you can then use for sorting.
Comparaison d'objets
En PHP 5, la comparaison d'objets est plus compliquée qu'en PHP 4 afin d'être plus proche du comportement des langages orientés objet (bien que PHP n'en soit pas un).
Lors de l'utilisation de l'opérateur de comparaison ==, les objets sont comparées de manière simple, à savoir : deux objets sont égaux s'ils ont les mêmes attributs et valeurs, et qu'ils sont des instances de la même classe.
D'un autre coté, lors de l'utilisation de l'opérateur d'identité (===), les objets sont identiques uniquement s'ils font référence à la même instance de la même classe.
Un exemple va illustrer ces règles.
Exemple #1 Exemple de comparaison d'objets en PHP 5
<?php
function bool2str($bool)
{
if ($bool === false) {
return 'FALSE';
} else {
return 'TRUE';
}
}
function compareObjects(&$o1, &$o2)
{
echo 'o1 == o2 : '.bool2str($o1 == $o2)."\n";
echo 'o1 != o2 : '.bool2str($o1 != $o2)."\n";
echo 'o1 === o2 : '.bool2str($o1 === $o2)."\n";
echo 'o1 !== o2 : '.bool2str($o1 !== $o2)."\n";
}
class Flag
{
public $flag;
function Flag($flag = true) {
$this->flag = $flag;
}
}
class OtherFlag
{
public $flag;
function OtherFlag($flag = true) {
$this->flag = $flag;
}
}
$o = new Flag();
$p = new Flag();
$q = $o;
$r = new OtherFlag();
echo "Deux instances de la même classe\n";
compareObjects($o, $p);
echo "\nDeux références sur le même objet\n";
compareObjects($o, $q);
echo "\nInstances de classes différentes\n";
compareObjects($o, $r);
?>
L'exemple ci-dessus va afficher :
Deux instances de la même classe o1 == o2 : TRUE o1 != o2 : FALSE o1 === o2 : FALSE o1 !== o2 : TRUE Deux références sur le même objet o1 == o2 : TRUE o1 != o2 : FALSE o1 === o2 : TRUE o1 !== o2 : FALSE Instances de classes différentes o1 == o2 : FALSE o1 != o2 : TRUE o1 === o2 : FALSE o1 !== o2 : TRUE
Note: Les extensions peuvent définir leurs propres règles pour leurs comparaisons d'objet.
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User Contributed NotesComparaison d'objets
wbcarts at juno dot com
06-Sep-2008 11:02
06-Sep-2008 11:02
cross+php at distal dot com
05-Mar-2008 05:50
05-Mar-2008 05:50
In response to "rune at zedeler dot dk"s comment about class contents being equal, I have a similar issue. I want to sort an array of objects using sort().
I know I can do it with usort(), but I'm used to C++ where you can define operators that allow comparison. I see in the zend source code that it calls a compare_objects function, but I don't see any way to implement that function for an object. Would it have to be an extension to provide that interface?
If so, I'd like to suggest that you allow equivalence and/or comparison operations to be defined in a class definition in PHP. Then, the sorts of things rune and I want to do would be much easier.
dionyziz at deviantart dot com
11-Mar-2007 04:20
11-Mar-2007 04:20
Note that classes deriving from the same parent aren't considered equal when comparing even using ==; they should also be objects of the same child class.
<?php
class Mom {
private $mAttribute;
public function Mom( $attribute ) {
$this->mAttribute = $attribute;
}
public function Attribute() {
return $this->mAttribute;
}
}
final class Sister extends Mom {
public function Sister( $attribute ) {
$this->Mom( $attribute );
}
}
final class Brother extends Mom {
public function Brother( $attribute ) {
$this->Mom( $attribute );
}
}
$sister = new Sister( 5 );
$brother = new Brother( 5 );
assert( $sister == $brother ); // will FAIL!
?>
This assertion will fail, because sister and brother are not of the same child class!
If you want to compare based on the parent class object type only, you might have to define a function for comparisons like these, and use it instead of the == operator:
<?php
function SiblingsEqual( $a, $b ) {
if ( !( $a instanceof Mom ) ) {
return false;
}
if ( !( $b instanceof Mom ) ) {
return false;
}
if ( $a->Attribute() != $b->Attribute() ) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
assert( SiblingsEqual( $sister, $brother ) ); // will succeed
?>
rune at zedeler dot dk
28-Feb-2007 05:34
28-Feb-2007 05:34
Whoops, apparently I hadn't checked the array-part of the below very well.
Forgot to test if the arrays had same length, and had some misaligned parenthesis.
This one should work better :+)
<?
function deepCompare($a,$b) {
if(is_object($a) && is_object($b)) {
if(get_class($a)!=get_class($b))
return false;
foreach($a as $key => $val) {
if(!deepCompare($val,$b->$key))
return false;
}
return true;
}
else if(is_array($a) && is_array($b)) {
while(!is_null(key($a)) && !is_null(key($b))) {
if (key($a)!==key($b) || !deepCompare(current($a),current($b)))
return false;
next($a); next($b);
}
return is_null(key($a)) && is_null(key($b));
}
else
return $a===$b;
}
?>
rune at zedeler dot dk
28-Feb-2007 05:27
28-Feb-2007 05:27
I haven't found a build-in function to check whether two obects are identical - that is, all their fields are identical.
In other words,
<?
class A {
var $x;
function __construct($x) { $this->x = $x; }
}
$identical1 = new A(42);
$identical2 = new A(42);
$different = new A('42');
?>
Comparing the objects with "==" will claim that all three of them are equal. Comparing with "===" will claim that all are un-equal.
I have found no build-in function to check that the two identicals are
identical, but not identical to the different.
The following function does that:
<?
function deepCompare($a,$b) {
if(is_object($a) && is_object($b)) {
if(get_class($a)!=get_class($b))
return false;
foreach($a as $key => $val) {
if(!deepCompare($val,$b->$key))
return false;
}
return true;
}
else if(is_array($a) && is_array($b)) {
while(!is_null(key($a) && !is_null(key($b)))) {
if (key($a)!==key($b) || !deepCompare(current($a),current($b)))
return false;
next($a); next($b);
}
return true;
}
else
return $a===$b;
}
?>
jazfresh at hotmail.com
08-Dec-2006 11:36
08-Dec-2006 11:36
Note that when comparing object attributes, the comparison is recursive (at least, it is with PHP 5.2). That is, if $a->x contains an object then that will be compared with $b->x in the same manner. Be aware that this can lead to recursion errors:
<?php
class Foo {
public $x;
}
$a = new Foo();
$b = new Foo();
$a->x = $b;
$b->x = $a;
print_r($a == $b);
?>
Results in:
PHP Fatal error: Nesting level too deep - recursive dependency? in test.php on line 11