Calin Rada

As you may already know, you can convert an array into an object simple like this:

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$array = array('first_name' => 'John', 'last_name' => 'Doe');
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$object = (object) $array;
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Then you call the object:

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echo $object->first_name;
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The problem is that you can’t do this with multidimensional array. So, for this, i’ve found the solution:

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function arrayToObject($array)
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{
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    if(!is_array($array)) {
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        return $array;
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    }
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    $object = new stdClass();
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    if (is_array($array) && count($array) > 0) {
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      foreach ($array as $name=>$value) {
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         $name = strtolower(trim($name));
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         if (!empty($name)) {
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            $object->$name = arrayToObject($value);
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         }
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      }
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      return $object;
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    }
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    else {
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      return FALSE;
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    }
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}
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// Now we can test the method
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$array = array(
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    'f_name' => 'Rada',
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    'l_name' => 'Calin',
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    'age' => 26,
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    'parents' => array(
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        'mom' => array(
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            'f_name' => 'Rada',
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            'l_name' => 'Daniela',
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            'age' => 45,
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        ),
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        'dad' => array(
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            'f_name' => 'Rada',
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            'l_name' => 'Ioan',
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            'age' => 46,
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        )
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    )
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);
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// Convert the array to object
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$user = arrayToObject($array);
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// Example output
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echo $user->parents->mom->l_name;
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Hope this is helpful

written by calin \\ tags: array, object, php