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.
 Facebook\'s horizontal scrollbars showing u         


        

Answer 1

This requires PHP7 because I chose to use a lambda function to lock away the 'innerfunc' within the main function. The lambda function is called recursively, hence the need for: "use ( &$innerfunc )". You could do it in PHP5 but could not hide the innerfunc.

function convertArray2Object($defs) {
    $innerfunc = function ($a) use ( &$innerfunc ) {
       return (is_array($a)) ? (object) array_map($innerfunc, $a) : $a; 
    };
    return (object) array_map($innerfunc, $defs);
}

Answer 2

You can use the (object) function to convert your array into an object.

$arr= [128=> ['status'=>
                 'Figure A. Facebook \'s horizontal scrollbars showing up on a 1024x768 screen resolution.'],
                  129=>['status'=>'The other day at work, I had some spare time']];

            $ArrToObject=(object)$arr;
            var_dump($ArrToObject);

The result will be an object that contains arrays:

object(stdClass)#1048 (2) { [128]=> array(1) {

["status"]=> string(87) "Figure A. Facebook 's horizontal scrollbars showing up on a 1024x768 screen resolution." }

[129]=> array(1) { ["status"]=> string(44) "The other day at work, I had some spare time" } }

Answer 3

use this function that i've made:

function buildObject($class,$data){
    $object = new $class;
    foreach($data as $key=>$value){
        if(property_exists($class,$key)){
            $object->{'set'.ucfirst($key)}($value);
        }
    }
    return $object;
}

Usage:

$myObject = buildObject('MyClassName',$myArray);

Answer 4

You could also do this by adding (object) on left of variable to create a new object.

<?php
$a = Array
    ( 'status' => " text" );
var_dump($a);
$b = (object)$a;
var_dump($b);
var_dump($b->status);

http://codepad.org/9YmD1KsU

Answer 5

Inspired by all these codes, i tried to create a enhanced version with support to: specific class name, avoid constructor method, 'beans' pattern and strict mode (set only existing properties):

    class Util {

static function arrayToObject($array, $class = 'stdClass', $strict = false) {
        if (!is_array($array)) {
            return $array;
        }

        //create an instance of an class without calling class's constructor
        $object = unserialize(
                sprintf(
                        'O:%d:"%s":0:{}', strlen($class), $class
                )
        );

        if (is_array($array) && count($array) > 0) {
            foreach ($array as $name => $value) {
                $name = strtolower(trim($name));
                if (!empty($name)) {

                    if(method_exists($object, 'set'.$name)){
                        $object->{'set'.$name}(Util::arrayToObject($value));
                    }else{
                        if(($strict)){

                            if(property_exists($class, $name)){

                                $object->$name = Util::arrayToObject($value); 

                            }

                        }else{
                            $object->$name = Util::arrayToObject($value); 
                        }

                    }

                }
            }
            return $object;
        } else {
            return FALSE;
        }
        }
}

Answer 6

you can simply use type casting to convert an array to object.

// *convert array to object* Array([id]=> 321313[username]=>shahbaz)
$object = (object) $array_name;

//now it is converted to object and you can access it.
echo $object->username;