I'm trying to echo and access the values stored in ["_aVarsrivate"]$obj->_vars and $obj->_varsrivate doesnt work Here's the var_dump of $obj\[code\]object(test_object)#15 (30) { ["sDisplayLayout"]=> string(8) "template" ["bIsSample"]=> bool(false) ["iThemeId"]=> int(0) ["sReservedVarnamerotected"]=> string(6) "test" ["sLeftDelimrotected"]=> string(1) "{" ["sRightDelimrotected"]=> string(1) "}" ["_aPluginsrotected"]=> array(0) { } ["_aSectionsrivate"]=> array(0) { } ["_aVarsrivate"]=> array(56) { ["bUseFullSite"]=> bool(false) ["aFilters"]=>\[/code\]