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

I also up-voted Gumbo as the preferred solution but what he suggested is not exactly what was asked, which may lead to some confusion as to why member1o looks more like a member1a.

To ensure this is clear now, the two ways (now 3 ways since 5.4) to produce the same stdClass in php.

1. As per the question's long or manual approach:

   $object = new stdClass;
   $object->member1 = "hello, I'm 1";
   $object->member1o = new stdClass;
   $object->member1o->member1 = "hello, I'm 1o.1";
   $object->member2 = "hello, I'm 2";
   

2. The shorter or single line version (expanded here for clarity) to cast an object from an array, ala Gumbo's suggestion.

   $object = (object)array(
        'member1' => "hello, I'm 1",
        'member1o' => (object)array(
            'member1' => "hello, I'm 1o.1",
        ),
        'member2' => "hello, I'm 2",
   );
   

3. PHP 5.4+ Shortened array declaration style

   $object = (object)[
        'member1' => "hello, I'm 1",
        'member1o' => (object)['member1' => "hello, I'm 1o.1"],
        'member2' => "hello, I'm 2",
   ];
   

Will both produce exactly the same result:

stdClass Object
(
    [member1] => hello, I'm 1
    [member1o] => stdClass Object
        (
            [member1] => hello, I'm 1o.1
        )

    [member2] => hello, I'm 2
)

nJoy!