SplObjectStorage only maps by instances

Question

My problem is I want to map by object equality (==), not unique instances. In other words, refactor this to not throw an error and return the mapped value:

$var1 = (object) [1,2,10];
$var2 = (object) [1,2,10];
$objmap = new SplObjectStorage();
$objmap[$var1] = "mapped value here";
echo $objmap[$var2];

Edit: Also, if I end up needing to iterate over the keys of the SplObjectStorage object to get by equality, I'd like instead to know a good way to just hash objects/arrays and simply map to the hashes.

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 28 '13 at 14:57

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I would implement a hashing function for the object contents; something simple like this:

function getHash($obj)
{
    return md5(serialize($obj));
}

$objmap = array();
$objmap[getHash($var1)] = "mapped value here";
echo $objmap[getHash($var2)];

answered Jun 28 '13 at 14:57

Ja͢ck

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This is what I'm thinking, but I feel this is a tad expensive. I'm starting to figure I need to write my own `implode()` alternative... – Hamster Jun 28 '13 at 15:01
It won't be expensive until you measure it :) – Ja͢ck Jun 28 '13 at 15:19

SplObjectStorage only maps by instances

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