php convert array to multidimensional code example

Example 1: 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 2: convert multidimensional array into single dimension php

$arrayMult = [ ['a','b'] , ['c', 'd'] ];
$arraySingle = call_user_func_array('array_merge', $arrayMult);
// $arraySingle is now = ['a','b', 'c', 'd'];

Example 3: convert multidimensional array to single array php

$singleArray = []; 
foreach ($parentArray as $childArray) 
{ 
    foreach ($childArray as $value) 
    { 
    $singleArray[] = $value; 
    } 
}