How do I convert an object to an array?

Question

response->docs);
?>

Outputs the following:

    Array 
(
    [0] => Object 
            (         


        

Answer 1

I ran into an issue with Andy Earnshaw's answer because I had factored this function out to a separate class within my application, "HelperFunctions", which meant the recursive call to objectToArray() failed.

I overcame this by specifying the class name within the array_map call like so:

public function objectToArray($object) {
    if (!is_object($object) && !is_array($object))
        return $object;
    return array_map(array("HelperFunctions", "objectToArray"), (array) $object);
}

I would have written this in the comments but I don't have enough reputation yet.