On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 7:48 PM, Micah Gersten <micah@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> VamVan wrote:
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I was stuck with this issue. So just felt the need to reach out to other
> > strugglers.
> > May be people might enjoy this:
> >
> > Here is the code for object to array and array to object conversion:
> >
> > function object_2_array($data)
> > {
> > if(is_array($data) || is_object($data))
> > {
> > $result = array();
> > foreach ($data as $key => $value)
> > {
> > $result[$key] = object_2_array($value);
> > }
> > return $result;
> > }
> > return $data;
> > }
> >
> > function array_2_object($array) {
> > $object = new stdClass();
> > if (is_array($array) && count($array) > 0) {
> > foreach ($array as $name=>$value) {
> > $name = strtolower(trim($name));
> > if (!empty($name)) {
> > $object->$name = $value;
> > }
> > }
> > }
> > return $object;
> > }
> >
> > have fun !!!!!
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> ...
> As for the object to array, the same thing applies:
> http://us2.php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php
>
> $array = (array) $object;
not quite, take a look at VamVan's object_2_array(), its recursive. a
simple type-cast will only alter the outermost layer of the $object in your
example above. im not sure, but im assuming VamVan may have meant to make
array_2_object() recursive as well ?? that would be more consistent anyway
imo..
heres a simple script to illustrate the shallow nature of type-casting
<?php
$arr = array(
'b' => array(
'c' => array(
'd'
)
)
);
$obj = new stdClass();
$obj->b = new stdClass();
$obj->b->c = new stdClass();
$obj->b->c->d = new stdClass();
var_dump((array)$obj);
var_dump((object)$arr);
?>
results in
phdelnnobbe:~ nnobbe$ php arrayToObject.php
array(1) {
["b"]=>
object(stdClass)#2 (1) {
["c"]=>
object(stdClass)#3 (1) {
["d"]=>
object(stdClass)#4 (0) {
}
}
}
}
object(stdClass)#5 (1) {
["b"]=>
array(1) {
["c"]=>
array(1) {
[0]=>
string(1) "d"
}
}
}
> Not sure if these are PHP 5 only or not.
the manual should say.
-nathan
