Initialize Objects like arrays in PHP?

Question

In PHP, you can initialize arrays with values quickly using the following notation:

$array = array(\"name\" => \"member 1\", array(\"name\" => \"member         


        

Answer 1

From a (now dead) post showing both type casting and using a recursive function to convert single and multi-dimensional arrays to a standard object:

 0) {
        foreach ($array as $name=>$value) {
            $name = strtolower(trim($name));
            if (!empty($name)) {
                $object->$name = arrayToObject($value);
            }
        }
        return $object;
    }
    else {
        return FALSE;
    }
}

Essentially you construct a function that accepts an $array and iterates over all its keys and values. It assigns the values to class properties using the keys.

If a value is an array, you call the function again (recursively), and assign its output as the value.

The example function above does exactly that; however, the logic is probably ordered a bit differently than you'd naturally think about the process.