How to convert an array to object in PHP?

Question

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

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Answer 1

Obviously just an extrapolation of some other folks' answers, but here's the recursive function that will convert any mulch-dimensional array into an object:

   function convert_array_to_object($array){
      $obj= new stdClass();
      foreach ($array as $k=> $v) {
         if (is_array($v)){
            $v = convert_array_to_object($v);   
         }
         $obj->{strtolower($k)} = $v;
      }
      return $obj;
   }

And remember that if the array had numeric keys they can still be referenced in the resulting object by using {} (for instance: $obj->prop->{4}->prop)

Answer 2

You could also use an ArrayObject, for example:

<?php
    $arr = array("test",
                 array("one"=>1,"two"=>2,"three"=>3), 
                 array("one"=>1,"two"=>2,"three"=>3)
           );
    $o = new ArrayObject($arr);
    echo $o->offsetGet(2)["two"],"\n";
    foreach ($o as $key=>$val){
        if (is_array($val)) {
            foreach($val as $k => $v) {
               echo $k . ' => ' . $v,"\n";
            }
        }
        else
        {
               echo $val,"\n";
        }
    }
?>

//Output:
  2
  test
  one => 1
  two => 2
  three => 3
  one => 1
  two => 2
  three => 3

Answer 3

I also had this issue, but I noticed that json_decode converts JSON array to object.

So, I came about my solution by using json_encode($PHPArray) which returns A JSON string of object, then I decoded the string with Json_decode($string) and it would return a perfectly structured object. Shorthand

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

Or

$jsonString = json_encode($array);
$object = json_decode($jsonString);

Answer 4

Little complicated but easy to extend technique:

Suppose you have an array

$a = [
     'name' => 'ankit',
     'age' => '33',
     'dob' => '1984-04-12'
];

Suppose you have have a Person class which may have more or less attributes from this array. for example

class Person 
{
    private $name;
    private $dob;
    private $age;
    private $company;
    private $city;
}

If you still wanna change your array to the person object. You can use ArrayIterator Class.

$arrayIterator = new \ArrayIterator($a); // Pass your array in the argument.

Now you have iterator object.

Create a class extending FilterIterator Class; where you have to define the abstract method accept. Follow the example

class PersonIterator extends \FilterIterator
{
    public function accept()
    {
        return property_exists('Person', parent::current());
    }
}

The above impelmentation will bind the property only if it exists in the class.

Add one more method in the class PersonIterator

public function getObject(Person $object)
{
        foreach ($this as $key => $value)
        {
            $object->{'set' . underscoreToCamelCase($key)}($value);
        }
        return $object;
}

Make sure you have mutators defined in your class. Now you are ready to call these function where you want to create object.

$arrayiterator = new \ArrayIterator($a);
$personIterator = new \PersonIterator($arrayiterator);

$personIterator->getObject(); // this will return your Person Object. 

Answer 5

I would definitly go with a clean way like this :

<?php

class Person {

  private $name;
  private $age;
  private $sexe;

  function __construct ($payload)
  {
     if (is_array($payload))
          $this->from_array($payload);
  }


  public function from_array($array)
  {
     foreach(get_object_vars($this) as $attrName => $attrValue)
        $this->{$attrName} = $array[$attrName];
  }

  public function say_hi ()
  {
     print "hi my name is {$this->name}";
  }
}

print_r($_POST);
$mike = new Person($_POST);
$mike->say_hi();

?>

if you submit:

you will get this:

I found this more logical comparing the above answers from Objects should be used for the purpose they've been made for (encapsulated cute little objects).

Also using get_object_vars ensure that no extra attributes are created in the manipulated Object (you don't want a car having a family name, nor a person behaving 4 wheels).

Answer 6

Code

This function works as same as json_decode(json_encode($arr), false).

function arrayToObject(array $arr)
{
    $flat = array_keys($arr) === range(0, count($arr) - 1);
    $out = $flat ? [] : new \stdClass();

    foreach ($arr as $key => $value) {
        $temp = is_array($value) ? $this->arrayToObject($value) : $value;

        if ($flat) {
            $out[] = $temp;
        } else {
            $out->{$key} = $temp;
        }
    }

    return $out;
}

Testing

Test 1: Flat array

$arr = ["a", "b", "c"];
var_export(json_decode(json_encode($arr)));
var_export($this->arrayToObject($arr));

Output:

array(
    0 => 'a',
    1 => 'b',
    2 => 'c',
)
array(
    0 => 'a',
    1 => 'b',
    2 => 'c',
)

Test 2: Array of objects

$arr = [["a" => 1], ["a" => 1], ["a" => 1]];
var_export(json_decode(json_encode($arr)));
var_export($this->arrayToObject($arr));

Output:

array(
    0 => stdClass::__set_state(array('a' => 1,)),
    1 => stdClass::__set_state(array('a' => 1,)),
    2 => stdClass::__set_state(array('a' => 1,)),
)
array(
    0 => stdClass::__set_state(array('a' => 1,)),
    1 => stdClass::__set_state(array('a' => 1,)),
    2 => stdClass::__set_state(array('a' => 1,)),
)

Test 3: Object

$arr = ["a" => 1];
var_export(json_decode($arr));
var_export($this->arrayToObject($arr));

Output:

stdClass::__set_state(array('a' => 1,))
stdClass::__set_state(array('a' => 1,))