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

Another option for deep conversion is to use json_encode + json_decode (it decodes to stdClass by default). This way you won't have to repeat (object) cast in each nested object.

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

output:

php > print_r($object);
stdClass Object
(
    [member1] => hello, I'm 1
    [member1o] => stdClass Object
        (
            [member1] => hello, I'm 1o.1
        )

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