Converting a PHP array to class variables

Question

Simple question, how do I convert an associative array to variables in a class? I know there is casting to do an (object) $myarray or whatever it is, but that w

Answer 1

Here's another solution using PDOStatement::fetchObject, though it is a bit of a hack.

$array = array('property1' => 'value1', 'property2' => 'value2');
$className = 'MyClass';

$pdo = new PDO('sqlite::memory:'); // we don't actually need sqlite; any PDO connection will do
$select = 'SELECT ? AS property1, ? AS property2'; // this could also be built from the array keys
$statement = $pdo->prepare($select);

// this last part can also be re-used in a loop
$statement->execute(array_values($array));
$myObject = $statement->fetchObject($className);