PHP - Convert foreach to arrays

Question

Anyone can help me
I have a little problem with the following code

foreach ($products as $product) {
   $product->name;
   $product->code;
   ...
}

My output code with var_dump($products)

array
    0 =>
      object(stdClass)
       ...
       ...
       ...
    1 =>
      object(stdClass)
       ...
       ...
       ...

And I need output something like this

$output = array(
    array('name' => 'item1', 'code' => 'code1', 'price' => '10.00'),
    array('name' => 'item2', 'code' => 'code2', 'price' => '20.00')
);

Can you post the exact values your going to convert into arrays? — L. Herrera
– L. Herrera, Commented Nov 7, 2016 at 4:28
Converting foreach to an array? You mean, converting objects to array. — Xorifelse
– Xorifelse, Commented Nov 7, 2016 at 4:29
If it's that you want to have arrays instead of objects you can use (array) $whatever and it will turn it to an array — Rasclatt
– Rasclatt, Commented Nov 7, 2016 at 4:31
@Xorifelse yeah probably, actually currently I'm testing Omnipay and it's need array for multiple items like ($output)->sendItems()->send(); — Stromox
– Stromox, Commented Nov 7, 2016 at 4:46
@Rasclatt I can use if it inside foreach, but I need use it outside foreach like my above comment — Stromox
– Stromox, Commented Nov 7, 2016 at 4:48

Pupil · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-07 04:32:22Z

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For this purpose, there is a function is php json_decode()

mixed json_decode ( string $json [, bool $assoc = false [, int $depth = 512 [, int $options = 0 ]]] )

Need to use this function sensibly.

As you see in the function description,

The function's three parameters:

1) Variable to be converted.

2) Return as associative array.

3) Depth: default => 512. Means upto depth of 512 levels (in case of multi-dimensional array or complex object), the child elements will be converted into arrays if second parameter is set to true.

First encode your variable by json_encode() and the decode it with using json_decode().

json_decode() 's second parameter should be set to true.

This true means return associative array instead of original type.

Pseudo code:

$output = json_decode(json_encode($yourVar), TRUE);

edited Nov 7, 2016 at 4:32

answered Nov 7, 2016 at 4:31

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