PHP : how to convert object to array using loop

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( [0] => stdClass Object ( [name] => Ford [models] => Array ( [0] => Fiesta [1] => Focus [2] => Mustang )

    )

[1] => stdClass Object
    (
        [name] => BMW
        [models] => Array
            (
                [0] => 320
                [1] => X3
                [2] => X5
            )

    )

[2] => stdClass Object
    (
        [name] => Fiat
        [models] => Array
            (
                [0] => 500
                [1] => Panda
            )

    )

)

What do you want to do with it? What you want has a huge impact as to how to parse it. Are you asking about how to loop through every item? — Neil, Nov 15 '17 at 06:52

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 15 '17 at 06:54

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The easiest way is to JSON-encode your object and then decode it back to an array:

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

Or if you prefer, you can traverse the object manually, too:

foreach ($object as $value) {
    $array[] = $value->name;
}

Try it!

answered Nov 15 '17 at 06:54

Sanjay Chaudhari

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Have you tried? – Sanjay Chaudhari Nov 15 '17 at 07:01

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Nov 15 '17 at 07:20

Yes we can use JSON functions to encode to JSON and then decode back to an array. This will not include private and protected members, however.

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

Alternatively, the following function will convert from an object to an array including private and protected members:

function objectToArray ($object) {
    if(!is_object($object) && !is_array($object))
        return $object;

    return array_map('objectToArray', (array) $object);
}

PHP : how to convert object to array using loop

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