object in array php code example

Example 1: php object to array

//This works best
$array = json_decode(json_encode($object), true);

Example 2: php convert object to array

$person = new stdClass();
$person->firstName = "Taylor";
$person->age = 32;

//Convert Single-Dimention Object to array
$personArray = (array) $person;

//Convert Multi-Dimentional Object to Array
$personArray = objectToArray($person);
function objectToArray ($object) {
    if(!is_object($object) && !is_array($object)){
    	return $object;
    }
    return array_map('objectToArray', (array) $object);
}

Example 3: php create array of objects

<?php
class Person
{
    public $name;
    public $age;
    
    function  birthday($age){
    	$age = $age + 1;
        return $age;
    }
}

$person1 = new Person();
$person1->name = 'David';
$person1->age = '23';

$person2 = new Person();
$person2->name = 'Nuno';
$person2->age = '21';
$person2->age = $person2->birthday($person2->age);

$persons = array($person1, $person2);

foreach ($persons as $person) {
    echo 'My name is ' . $person->name . ' and i have ' . $person->age . " years old";
    echo '<br>';
}
?>