How to convert an array into an object using stdClass()

You just add this code

$clasa = (object) array(
            'e1' => array('nume' => 'Nitu', 'prenume' => 'Andrei', 'sex' => 'm', 'varsta' => 23),
            'e2' => array('nume' => 'Nae', 'prenume' => 'Ionel', 'sex' => 'm', 'varsta' => 27),
            'e3' => array('nume' => 'Noman', 'prenume' => 'Alice', 'sex' => 'f', 'varsta' => 22),
            'e4' => array('nume' => 'Geangos', 'prenume' => 'Bogdan', 'sex' => 'm', 'varsta' => 23),
            'e5' => array('nume' => 'Vasile', 'prenume' => 'Mihai', 'sex' => 'm', 'varsta' => 25)
);

If you want to see is this stdClass object just call this

print_r($clasa);

If you want to convert an array to object code will be

$arr = array('a'=>'apple','b'=>'ball');
$arr = (object) $arr;

You don't need to use stdClass. It will automatically converted to stdClass

The quick and dirty way is using json_encode and json_decode which will turn the entire array (including sub elements) into an object.

$clasa = json_decode(json_encode($clasa)); //Turn it into an object

The same can be used to convert an object into an array. Simply add , true to json_decode to return an associated array:

$clasa = json_decode(json_encode($clasa), true); //Turn it into an array

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An alternate way (without being dirty) is simply a recursive function:

function convertToObject($array) {
    $object = new stdClass();
    foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
        if (is_array($value)) {
            $value = convertToObject($value);
        }
        $object->$key = $value;
    }
    return $object;
}

or in full code:

<?php
    function convertToObject($array) {
        $object = new stdClass();
        foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
            if (is_array($value)) {
                $value = convertToObject($value);
            }
            $object->$key = $value;
        }
        return $object;
    }

    $clasa = array(
            'e1' => array('nume' => 'Nitu', 'prenume' => 'Andrei', 'sex' => 'm', 'varsta' => 23),
            'e2' => array('nume' => 'Nae', 'prenume' => 'Ionel', 'sex' => 'm', 'varsta' => 27),
            'e3' => array('nume' => 'Noman', 'prenume' => 'Alice', 'sex' => 'f', 'varsta' => 22),
            'e4' => array('nume' => 'Geangos', 'prenume' => 'Bogdan', 'sex' => 'm', 'varsta' => 23),
            'e5' => array('nume' => 'Vasile', 'prenume' => 'Mihai', 'sex' => 'm', 'varsta' => 25)
    );

    $obj = convertToObject($clasa);
    print_r($obj);
?>

which outputs (note that there's no arrays - only stdClass's):

stdClass Object
(
    [e1] => stdClass Object
        (
            [nume] => Nitu
            [prenume] => Andrei
            [sex] => m
            [varsta] => 23
        )

    [e2] => stdClass Object
        (
            [nume] => Nae
            [prenume] => Ionel
            [sex] => m
            [varsta] => 27
        )

    [e3] => stdClass Object
        (
            [nume] => Noman
            [prenume] => Alice
            [sex] => f
            [varsta] => 22
        )

    [e4] => stdClass Object
        (
            [nume] => Geangos
            [prenume] => Bogdan
            [sex] => m
            [varsta] => 23
        )

    [e5] => stdClass Object
        (
            [nume] => Vasile
            [prenume] => Mihai
            [sex] => m
            [varsta] => 25
        )

)

So you'd refer to it by $obj->e5->nume.

DEMO