How to convert an array to object in PHP

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How can I convert an array like this to an object   128    gt  Array                status    gt   quot Figure A   Facebook s horizontal scrollbars showing up on a 1024x768 screen resolution  quot          129    gt  Array                status    gt   quot The other day at work  I had some spare time quot

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you can simply use type casting to convert an array to object       convert array to object  Array  id   gt  321313 username   gt shahbaz   object    object   array name     now it is converted to object and you can access it  echo  object- gt username

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I use the following to parse Yaml files associative arrays into an object state   This checks all supplied arrays if there are objects hiding there  and turns them also in objects                  Makes a config object from an array  making the first level keys properties a new object         Property values are converted to camelCase and are not set if one already exists          param array  configArray Config array          param boolean  strict To return an empty object if  configArray is not an array         return stdObject The config object             public function makeConfigFromArray  configArray       strict   true                 object   new stdClass             if   is array  configArray                 if   strict  amp  amp   is null  configArray                     return  configArray                            return  object                     foreach   configArray as  name   gt   value                  name   camel case  name               if is array  value                      makeobject   true                  foreach  value as  key   gt   val                        if is numeric substr  key 0 1                               makeobject   false                                            if is array  val                              value  key     this- gt makeConfigFromArray  val false                                                           if  makeobject                         object- gt   name     object- gt    name     this- gt makeConfigFromArray  value false                                     else                        object- gt   name     object- gt    name     value                                               else                    object- gt   name     object- gt    name     value                                   return  object          This turns a yaml configured as  fields      abc          type  formfield         something              - a             - b             - c             - d                  foo                      bar   to an array consisting of   array 1      fields    gt  array 1        abc    gt  array 2          type    gt   formfield         something    gt  array 4           0   gt   a          1   gt   b          2   gt   c          3   gt  array 1              d    gt  array 1                foo    gt   bar                                              to an object of     325     fields     326       abc     324         type    formfield          something   array 4           0   gt   a          1   gt   b          2   gt   c          3   gt    328             d     327               foo    bar

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Multidimensional arrays into an object  this code is used for conversion of Bing search API try and catch method   try              Perform the Web request and get the JSON response          context   stream context create  options            results   file get contents  url     cc      country     amp category      type  false   context            results   json decode  results           return response  - gt json  results         catch   Exception  e             results   array  value    gt  array                   object  array                       name    gt   Unable to Retrive News                        url    gt   http   www sample com                         image    gt   object  array  thumbnail    gt   object  array  contentUrl    gt                             publishedAt    gt                           description    gt                                        results    object   results          return response  - gt json  results

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You can use the  object  function to convert your array into an object     arr   128  gt    status   gt                    Figure A  Facebook   s horizontal scrollbars showing up on a 1024x768 screen resolution                       129  gt   status   gt  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

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recursion is your friend   function   toObject Array  arr         obj   new stdClass        foreach  arr as  key  gt  val            if  is array  val                  val     toObject  val                      obj- gt  key    val             return  obj

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i have done it with quite simple way         list years           array         object               new stdClass          object- gt year id     1        object- gt year name   2001        list years            object

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In the simplest case  it s probably sufficient to  cast  the array as an object    object    object   array    Another option would be to instantiate a standard class as a variable  and loop through your array while re-assigning the values    object   new stdClass    foreach   array as  key   gt   value         object- gt  key    value      As Edson Medina pointed out  a really clean solution is to use the built-in json  functions    object   json decode json encode  array   FALSE     This also  recursively  converts all of your sub arrays into objects  which you may or may not want  Unfortunately it has a 2-3x performance hit over the looping approach   Warning   thanks to Ultra for the comment       json decode on different enviroments converts UTF-8 data in different ways  I end up getting on of values  240 00  locally and  240  on production - massive dissaster  Morover if conversion fails string get s returned as NULL

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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   gt   value             temp   is array  value     this- gt arrayToObject  value     value           if   flat                 out      temp            else                out- gt   key     temp                       return  out      Testing  Test 1  Flat array   arr     a    b    c    var export json decode json encode  arr     var export  this- gt arrayToObject  arr      Output   array      0   gt   a       1   gt   b       2   gt   c     array      0   gt   a       1   gt   b       2   gt   c       Test 2  Array of objects   arr      a    gt  1     a    gt  1     a    gt  1    var export json decode json encode  arr     var export  this- gt arrayToObject  arr      Output   array      0   gt  stdClass    set state array  a    gt  1         1   gt  stdClass    set state array  a    gt  1         2   gt  stdClass    set state array  a    gt  1       array      0   gt  stdClass    set state array  a    gt  1         1   gt  stdClass    set state array  a    gt  1         2   gt  stdClass    set state array  a    gt  1         Test 3  Object   arr     a    gt  1   var export json decode  arr    var export  this- gt arrayToObject  arr      Output   stdClass    set state array  a    gt  1    stdClass    set state array  a    gt  1

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Quick hack      assuming  var is a multidimensional array  obj   json decode  json encode   var   FALSE     Not pretty  but works

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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    amp  innerfunc     You could do it in PHP5 but could not hide the innerfunc   function convertArray2Object  defs         innerfunc   function   a  use    amp  innerfunc            return  is array  a      object  array map  innerfunc   a     a              return  object  array map  innerfunc   defs

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I would definitly go with a clean way like this     lt  php  class Person      private  name    private  age    private  sexe     function   construct   payload           if  is array  payload              this- gt from array  payload           public function from array  array           foreach get object vars  this  as  attrName   gt   attrValue           this- gt   attrName     array  attrName          public function say hi             print  hi my name is   this- gt name           print r   POST    mike   new Person   POST    mike- gt say hi       gt    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

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You can use Reflection    lt  php   array     name   gt  maria   age   gt 33    class Person        public  name      public  age       public function   construct string  name  string  age            this- gt name     name           this- gt age    age           function arrayToObject array  array  string  class name         r   new ReflectionClass  class name        object    r- gt newInstanceWithoutConstructor         list    r- gt getProperties        foreach  list as  prop          prop- gt setAccessible true         if isset  array  prop- gt name             prop- gt setValue  object   array  prop- gt name                return  object       pessoa1   arrayToObject  array   Person    var dump  pessoa1

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Here are three ways    Fake a real object   class convert       public  varible       public function   construct  array                 this    array             public static function toObject  array                 array   new convert  array           return  array           Convert the array into an object by casting it to an object    array   array                 object    object   array   Manually convert the array into an object    object   object  foreach   arr as  key   gt   value         object- gt   key     value

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You could also do this by adding  object  on left of variable to create a new object    lt  php  a   Array        status    gt    text     var dump  a    b    object  a  var dump  b   var dump  b- gt status     http   codepad org 9YmD1KsU

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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   amp  amp  count  array   gt  0                foreach   array as  name   gt   value                     name   strtolower trim  name                    if   empty  name                          if method exists  object   set   name                             object- gt   set   name  Util  arrayToObject  value                         else                          if   strict                                 if property exists  class   name                                      object- gt  name   Util  arrayToObject  value                                                             else                               object- gt  name   Util  arrayToObject  value                                                                                                  return  object            else               return FALSE

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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

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Its way to simple  This will create an object for recursive arrays as well    object   json decode json encode  object   yourArray   FALSE

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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  gt   v             if  is array  v                 v   convert array to object  v                           obj- gt  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- gt prop- gt  4 - gt prop

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The easy way would be   object    object  array    But that s not what you want  If you want objects you want to achieve something  but that s missing in this question  Using objects just for the reason of using objects makes no sense

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Actually if you want to use this with multi-dimensional arrays you would want to use some recursion   static public function array to object array  array        foreach  array as  key   gt   value                if is array  value                          array  key    self  array to object  value                       return  object  array

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use this function that i ve made   function buildObject  class  data        object   new  class      foreach  data as  key  gt  value           if property exists  class  key                 object- gt   set  ucfirst  key    value                       return  object      Usage    myObject   buildObject  MyClassName   myArray

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Using json encode is problematic because of the way that it handles non UTF-8 data  It s worth noting that the json encode json encode method also leaves non-associative arrays as arrays  This may or may not be what you want  I was recently in the position of needing to recreate the functionality of this solution but without using json  functions  Here s what I came up with          Returns true if the array has only integer keys     function isArrayAssociative array  array        return  bool count array filter array keys  array    is string               Converts an array to an object  but leaves non-associative arrays as arrays      This is the same logic that  json decode json encode  arr   false   uses      function arrayToObject array  array   maxDepth   10        if  maxDepth    0            return  array             if isArrayAssociative  array              newObject   new  stdClass          foreach   array as  key   gt   value                if is array  value                      newObject- gt   key    arrayToObject  value   maxDepth - 1                 else                    newObject- gt   key     value                                  return  newObject        else             newArray   array            foreach   array as  value                if is array  value                      newArray     arrayToObject  value   maxDepth - 1                 else                    newArray      value                                                  return  newArray

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Depending on where you need that and how to access the object there are different ways to do it   For example  just typecast it   object     object   yourArray    However  the most compatible one is using a utility method  not yet part of PHP  that implements standard PHP casting based on a string that specifies the type  or by ignoring it just de-referencing the value           dereference a value and optionally setting its type        param mixed  mixed     param null   type  optional         return mixed  mixed set as  type     function rettype  mixed   type   NULL         type     NULL    settype  mixed   type       return  mixed      The usage example in your case  Online Demo     yourArray   Array  status    gt   Figure A          echo rettype  yourArray   object  - gt status     prints  Figure A

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CakePHP has a recursive Set  map class that basically maps an array into an object  You may need to change what the array looks like in order to make the object look the way you want it   http   api cakephp org view source set  line-158  Worst case  you may be able to get a few ideas from this function

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There s no built-in method to do it as far as I m aware  but it s as easy as a simple loop        obj  new stdClass         foreach   array as  k  gt   v             obj- gt   k     v          You can expound on that if you need it to build your object recursively

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Best Method in the WORLD     function arrayToObject  conArray        if is array  conArray                         Return array converted to object           Using   FUNCTION    Magic constant            for recursive call                    return  object  array map   FUNCTION     conArray        else             Return object         return  conArray            if you use different methods you will have problems  This is the best method  You have ever seen

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one liner    object  json decode json encode  result array  JSON FORCE OBJECT

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Easy    object   json decode json encode  array      Example    array   array       key    gt  array           k    gt   value               group    gt  array  a    b    c        object   json decode json encode  array      Then  the following is true    object- gt key- gt k      value    object- gt group     array  a    b    c

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function object to array  data        if  is array  data     is object  data                  result   array            foreach   data as  key   gt   value                         result  key    object to array  value                     return  result            return  data     function array to object  data        if  is array  data     is object  data                  result  new stdClass            foreach   data as  key   gt   value                         result- gt  key   array to object  value                     return  result            return  data

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The one I use  it is a class member    const MAX LEVEL   5     change it as needed  public function arrayToObject  a   level 0         if  is array  a             throw new InvalidArgumentException sprintf  Type  s cannot be cast  array expected   gettype  a                if  level  gt  self  MAX LEVEL            throw new OverflowException sprintf   s stack overflow   d exceeds max recursion level     METHOD     level                o   new stdClass        foreach  a as  key   gt   value            if is array  value        convert value recursively              value    this- gt arrayToObject  value   level 1                      o- gt   key     value            return  o

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This one worked for me    function array to obj  array   amp  obj          foreach   array as  key   gt   value              if  is array  value                  obj- gt  key   new stdClass          array to obj  value   obj- gt  key                 else                  obj- gt  key    value                  return  obj       function arrayToObject  array      object  new stdClass     return array to obj  array  object       usage     myobject   arrayToObject  array   print r  myobject     returns         127    gt  stdClass Object                        status    gt  Have you ever created a really great looking website design                 128    gt  stdClass Object                        status    gt  Figure A   Facebook s horizontal scrollbars showing up on a 1024x768 screen resolution                  129    gt  stdClass Object                        status    gt  The other day at work  I had some spare time             like usual you can loop it like   foreach  myobject as  obj      echo  obj- gt status

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By using  array  and  object  as prefix  you can simply convert object array to standard array and vice-verse   lt  php   defining an array  a   array  a   gt  1   b   gt  2   c   gt  3   d   gt  4       defining an object array  obj   new stdClass     obj- gt a    1    obj- gt b    2    obj- gt c    3    obj- gt d    4    print r  a  echo   lt br gt    print r  obj  echo   lt br gt       converting object array to array  b    array   obj  print r  b  echo   lt br gt       converting array to object  c    object   a  print r  c  echo   lt br gt      gt

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Little complicated but easy to extend technique   Suppose you have an array    a           name    gt   ankit         age    gt   33         dob    gt   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   gt   value                         object- gt   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- gt getObject       this will return your Person Object

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You could also use an ArrayObject  for example    lt  php      arr   array  test                    array  one   gt 1  two   gt 2  three   gt 3                     array  one   gt 1  two   gt 2  three   gt 3                     o   new ArrayObject  arr       echo  o- gt offsetGet 2   two     n       foreach   o as  key  gt  val           if  is array  val                 foreach  val as  k   gt   v                   echo  k       gt       v   n                                   else                          echo  val   n                     gt     Output    2   test   one   gt  1   two   gt  2   three   gt  3   one   gt  1   two   gt  2   three   gt  3

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