From 41cdd17bf0b5c85a231fa8a7fb789478658596b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sebastian Bergmann <sb@sebastian-bergmann.de>
Date: Wed, 20 May 2026 07:48:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Closes #57

---
 ChangeLog.md     |  7 +++++++
 src/Exporter.php | 10 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
index d511c33..7016329 100644
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes are documented in this file using the [Keep a CHANGELOG](https://keepachangelog.com/) principles.
 
+## [8.0.4] - 2026-MM-DD
+
+### Changed
+
+* [#57](https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/exporter/issues/57): Preserve `SplObjectStorage` iterator position instead of resetting to first element
+
 ## [8.0.3] - 2026-05-20
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -48,6 +54,7 @@ All notable changes are documented in this file using the [Keep a CHANGELOG](htt
 
 * This component is no longer supported on PHP 8.2
 
+[8.0.4]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/exporter/compare/8.0.3...main
 [8.0.3]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/exporter/compare/8.0.2...8.0.3
 [8.0.2]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/exporter/compare/8.0.1...8.0.2
 [8.0.1]: https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/exporter/compare/8.0.0...8.0.1
diff --git a/src/Exporter.php b/src/Exporter.php
index 08e577a..dd878b7 100644
--- a/src/Exporter.php
+++ b/src/Exporter.php
@@ -230,6 +230,12 @@ final readonly class Exporter
         // above (fast) mechanism nor with reflection in Zend.
         // Format the output similarly to print_r() in this case
         if ($value instanceof SplObjectStorage) {
+            $key = null;
+
+            if ($value->valid()) {
+                $key = $value->key();
+            }
+
             foreach ($value as $_value) {
                 $array['Object #' . spl_object_id($_value)] = [
                     'obj' => $_value,
@@ -237,7 +243,9 @@ final readonly class Exporter
                 ];
             }
 
-            $value->rewind();
+            if ($key !== null) {
+                $value->seek($key);
+            }
         }
 
         return $array;