如何摆脱PHP中的数组/对象转换？

Question

Some methods/functions only accept/return arrays, others only get/give objects. In my day to day PHP programming I have to repetitively convert objects to array and vice versa. ( (object) ['x'=>3] and (array) (new stdClsss()) ).

Most classes do not implement ArrayAccess . Smartly in JavaScript, these two syntaxes are interchangeable. Is there any hack, workaround to stick to one of them and get rid of variable casting and "Cannot use object of type xxx as array in " or "Cannot use object of type stdClass as arhray in "Cannot access property on non-object" messages.

Answer 1

I came up with ary .

$var= ary(['x' => 'foo', 'y' => 'bar']);
$foo = $var->x; //or
$foo = $var['x'];

Answer 2

Try using php serializing function, instead of trying to convert them.

$array = array();
$obj = serialize($array);
$again = unserialize($obj);

This will help you if your interchange is about to save datum.

if, working with the object is your bulk task, try to define a class library for your object and then, implement your function like ToArray() , ToString() , ToObject() or ToStorable() , instead of converting them in your code with natural functions.