[php] php stdClass to array

I have a problem to convert an object stdClass to array. I have tried in this way:

return (array) $booking;

or

return (array) json_decode($booking,true);

or

return (array) json_decode($booking);

The array before the cast is full with one record, after my try to cast it is empty. How to cast / convert it without delete its rows?

array before cast:

array(1) {   [0]=>   object(stdClass)#23 (36) {     ["id"]=>     string(1) "2"     ["name"]=>     string(0) ""     ["code"]=>     string(5) "56/13"   } } 

after cast is empty NULL if I try to make a var_dump($booking);

I have also tried this function but always empty:

public function objectToArray($d) {
        if (is_object($d)) {
            // Gets the properties of the given object
            // with get_object_vars function
            $d = get_object_vars($d);
        }

        if (is_array($d)) {
            /*
            * Return array converted to object
            * Using __FUNCTION__ (Magic constant)
            * for recursive call
            */
            return array_map(__FUNCTION__, $d);
        }
        else {
            // Return array
            return $d;
        }
    }

Since it's an array before you cast it, casting it makes no sense.

You may want a recursive cast, which would look something like this:

function arrayCastRecursive($array)
{
    if (is_array($array)) {
        foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
            if (is_array($value)) {
                $array[$key] = arrayCastRecursive($value);
            }
            if ($value instanceof stdClass) {
                $array[$key] = arrayCastRecursive((array)$value);
            }
        }
    }
    if ($array instanceof stdClass) {
        return arrayCastRecursive((array)$array);
    }
    return $array;
}

Usage:

$obj = new stdClass;
$obj->aaa = 'asdf';
$obj->bbb = 'adsf43';
$arr = array('asdf', array($obj, 3));

var_dump($arr);
$arr = arrayCastRecursive($arr);
var_dump($arr);

Result before:

array
    0 => string 'asdf' (length = 4)
  1 => 
    array
        0 =>
        object(stdClass)[1]
          public 'aaa' => string 'asdf' (length = 4)
          public 'bbb' => string 'adsf43' (length = 6)
      1 => int 3

Result after:

array
    0 => string 'asdf' (length = 4)
  1 => 
    array
        0 =>
        array
          'aaa' => string 'asdf' (length = 4)
          'bbb' => string 'adsf43' (length = 6)
      1 => int 3

Note:

Tested and working with complex arrays where a stdClass object can contain other stdClass objects.

Here is a version of Carlo's answer that can be used in a class:

class Formatter
{
    public function objectToArray($data)
    {
        if (is_object($data)) {
            $data = get_object_vars($data);
        }

        if (is_array($data)) {
            return array_map(array($this, 'objectToArray'), $data);
        }

        return $data;
    }
}

Use the built in type cast functionality, simply type

$realArray = (array)$stdClass;

Just googled it, and found here a handy function that is useful for converting stdClass object to array recursively.

<?php
function object_to_array($object) {
 if (is_object($object)) {
  return array_map(__FUNCTION__, get_object_vars($object));
 } else if (is_array($object)) {
  return array_map(__FUNCTION__, $object);
 } else {
  return $object;
 }
}
?>

EDIT: I updated this answer with content from linked source (which is also changed now), thanks to mason81 for suggesting me.

Please use following php function to convert php stdClass to array

get_object_vars($data)

This function worked for me:

function cvf_convert_object_to_array($data) {

    if (is_object($data)) {
        $data = get_object_vars($data);
    }

    if (is_array($data)) {
        return array_map(__FUNCTION__, $data);
    }
    else {
        return $data;
    }
}

Reference: http://carlofontanos.com/convert-stdclass-object-to-array-in-php/

The following code will read all emails & print the Subject, Body & Date.

<?php
  $imap=imap_open("Mailbox","Email Address","Password");
  if($imap){$fixMessages=1+imap_num_msg($imap);  //Check no.of.msgs
/*
By adding 1 to "imap_num_msg($imap)" & starting at $count=1
   the "Start" & "End" non-messages are ignored
*/
    for ($count=1; $count<$fixMessages; $count++){
      $objectOverview=imap_fetch_overview($imap,$count,0);
print '<br>$objectOverview: '; print_r($objectOverview);
print '<br>objectSubject ='.($objectOverview[0]->subject));
print '<br>objectDate ='.($objectOverview[0]->date);
      $bodyMessage=imap_fetchbody($imap,$count,1);
print '<br>bodyMessage ='.$bodyMessage.'<br><br>';
    }  //for ($count=1; $count<$fixMessages; $count++)
  }  //if($imap)
  imap_close($imap);
?>

This outputs the following:

$objectOverview: Array ( [0] => stdClass Object ( [subject] => Hello
[from] => Email Address [to] => Email Address [date] => Sun, 16 Jul 2017 20:23:18 +0100
[message_id] =>  [size] => 741 [uid] => 2 [msgno] => 2 [recent] => 0 [flagged] => 0 
[answered] => 0 [deleted] => 0 [seen] => 1 [draft] => 0 [udate] => 1500232998 ) )
objectSubject =Hello
objectDate =Sun, 16 Jul 2017 20:23:18 +0100
bodyMessage =Test 

Having struggled with various suggestions I have used trial & error to come up with this solution. Hope it helps.

Here is the best Object to Array function I have - works recursively:

function object_to_array($obj, &$arr){

    if(!is_object($obj) && !is_array($obj)){
        $arr = $obj;
        return $arr;
    }

    foreach ($obj as $key => $value)
    {
        if (!empty($value))
        {
            $arr[$key] = array();
            object_to_array_v2($value, $arr[$key]);
        }
        else
        {
            $arr[$key] = $value;
        }
    }
    return $arr;
}

$clean_array = object_to_array($object_data_here);

use this function to get a standard array back of the type you are after...

return get_object_vars($booking);