--TEST-- Testing __debugInfo() magic method --FILE-- 1, "\0*\0b"=>2, "\0Foo\0c"=>3]; } } class Bar { public $val = 123; public function __debugInfo() { return null; } } $f = new Foo; var_dump($f); $b = new Bar; var_dump($b); ?> --EXPECTF-- object(Foo)#%d (3) { ["a"]=> int(1) ["b":protected]=> int(2) ["c":"Foo":private]=> int(3) } object(Bar)#%d (0) { }