Posted by Andy Hassall on 06/09/05 23:27

On Thu, 9 Jun 2005 12:59:12 -0400, "Robert Oschler" <no-mail-please@nospam.com>
wrote:

>With PHP 4, is there a way to convert an associative array to an object?
>
>For example, suppose I have the following arrays inside a nested associative
>array ($nestedAA):
>
>$AA1['field1'] = 'fieldValue1';
>
>$AA2['field2'] = 'fieldValue2';
>
>$nestedAA['AA1'] = $AA1;
>$nestedAA['AA2'] = $AA2;
>
>I would like to take $nestedAA and convert it to an object called
>$nestedObject with properties I could access like this:
>
>echo $nestedObject->AA1->field1; # This would print 'fieldValue1'
>echo $nestedObject->AA2->field2; # This would print 'fieldValue2'
>
>How can I do this? Note, I would like a conversion method that I could use
>with any nested associativee array and create the object dynamically (at
>runtime).

Something like:

<pre>
<?php
$AA1['field1'] = 'fieldValue1';
$AA2['field2'] = 'fieldValue2';

$nestedAA['AA1'] = $AA1;
$nestedAA['AA2'] = $AA2;

var_dump($nestedAA);

function array_to_obj($array, &$obj)
{
foreach ($array as $key => $value)
{
if (is_array($value))
{
$obj->$key = new stdClass();
array_to_obj($value, $obj->$key);
}
else
{
$obj->$key = $value;
}
}
return $obj;
}

$nestedObject= new stdClass();
array_to_obj($nestedAA, $nestedObject);

print_r($nestedObject);

echo $nestedObject->AA1->field1; # This would print 'fieldValue1'
echo $nestedObject->AA2->field2; # This would print 'fieldValue2'

?>
</pre>

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