How to convert an array to object in PHP?

Question

How can I convert an array like this to an object?

[128] => Array
    (
        [status] => "Figure A.
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Answer 1

In the simplest case, it's probably sufficient to "cast" the array as an object:

$object = (object) $array;

Another option would be to instantiate a standard class as a variable, and loop through your array while re-assigning the values:

$object = new stdClass();
foreach ($array as $key => $value)
{
    $object->$key = $value;
}

As Edson Medina pointed out, a really clean solution is to use the built-in json_ functions:

$object = json_decode(json_encode($array), FALSE);

This also (recursively) converts all of your sub arrays into objects, which you may or may not want. Unfortunately it has a 2-3x performance hit over the looping approach.

Warning! (thanks to Ultra for the comment):

json_decode on different enviroments converts UTF-8 data in different ways. I end up getting on of values '240.00' locally and '240' on production - massive dissaster. Morover if conversion fails string get's returned as NULL