How can I deserialize an array of objects in Symfony Serializer?

Question

Is is possible in Symfony Serializer to deserialize an array of objects in a property? I have a Boss class with the $Npc = [] property tha

Answer 1

Yes, you can deserialize the array but you need to provide on the second parameter the object as well as the information that it is in fact an array. You can do this like this:

use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Serializer;

class Boss {

    private $Npc = [];    

    /**
    * @return Npc[]
    */
    public function getNpcs(): array
    {
        return $serializer->deserialize($this->npcs, 'Acme\Npc[]', 'json');

    }
}

You can find more information about this in the documentation on handling arrays