I'm using a third party storage system that only returns me stdClass objects no matter what I feed in for some obscure reason. So I'm curious to know if there is a way to cast/convert an stdClass object into a full fledged object of a given type.
For instance something along the lines of:
//$std_class is an stdClass instance
$converted = (BusinessClass) $stdClass;
I am just casting the stdClass into an array and feed it to the BusinessClass constructor, but maybe there is a way to restore the initial class that I am not aware of.
Note: I am not interested in 'Change your storage system' type of answers since it is not the point of interest. Please consider it more an academic question on the language capacities.
Cheers
Source: Tips4all
See the manual on Type Juggling on possible casts.
ReplyDeleteThe casts allowed are:
(int), (integer) - cast to integer
(bool), (boolean) - cast to boolean
(float), (double), (real) - cast to float
(string) - cast to string
(array) - cast to array
(object) - cast to object
(unset) - cast to NULL (PHP 5)
You would have to write a Mapper that does the casting from stdClass to another concrete class. Shouldn't be too hard to do.
Or, if you are in a hackish mood, you could adapt the following code:
public static function arrayToObject(array $array, $className) {
return unserialize(sprintf(
'O:%d:"%s"%s',
strlen($className),
$className,
strstr(serialize($array), ':')
));
}
which pseudocasts an array to an object of a certain class. This works by first serializing the array and then changing the serialized data so that it represents a certain class. The result is unserialized to an instance of this class then. But like I said, it's hackish, so expect side-effects.
For object to object, the code would be
public static function objectToObject($instance, $className) {
return unserialize(sprintf(
'O:%d:"%s"%s',
strlen($className),
$className,
strstr(strstr(serialize($instance), '"'), ':')
));
}
To move all existing properties of a stdClass to a new object of a specified class name:
ReplyDelete/**
* recast stdClass object to an object with type
*
* @param string $className
* @param stdClass $object
* @throws InvalidArgumentException
* @return mixed new, typed object
*/
function recast($className, stdClass &$object)
{
if (!class_exists($className))
throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('Inexistant class %s.', $className));
$new = new $className();
foreach($object as $property => &$value)
{
$new->$property = &$value;
unset($object->$property);
}
unset($value);
$object = (unset) $object;
return $new;
}
Usage:
$array = array('h','n');
$obj=new stdClass;
$obj->action='auth';
$obj->params= &$array;
$obj->authKey=md5('i');
class RestQuery{
public $action;
public $params=array();
public $authKey='';
}
$restQuery = recast('RestQuery', $obj);
var_dump($restQuery, $obj);
Output:
object(RestQuery)#2 (3) {
["action"]=>
string(4) "auth"
["params"]=>
&array(2) {
[0]=>
string(1) "h"
[1]=>
string(1) "n"
}
["authKey"]=>
string(32) "865c0c0b4ab0e063e5caa3387c1a8741"
}
NULL
This is limited because of the new operator as it is unknown which parameters it would need. For your case probably fitting.
You can use above function for casting not similar class objects (PHP >= 5.3)
ReplyDelete/**
* Class casting
*
* @param string|object $destination
* @param object $sourceObject
* @return object
*/
function cast($destination, $sourceObject)
{
if (is_string($destination)) {
$destination = new $destination();
}
$sourceReflection = new ReflectionObject($sourceObject);
$destinationReflection = new ReflectionObject($destination);
$sourceProperties = $sourceReflection->getProperties();
foreach ($sourceProperties as $sourceProperty) {
$sourceProperty->setAccessible(true);
$name = $sourceProperty->getName();
$value = $sourceProperty->getValue($sourceObject);
if ($destinationReflection->hasProperty($name)) {
$propDest = $destinationReflection->getProperty($name);
$propDest->setAccessible(true);
$propDest->setValue($destination,$value);
} else {
$destination->$name = $value;
}
}
return $destination;
}
EXAMPLE:
class A
{
private $_x;
}
class B
{
public $_x;
}
$a = new A();
$b = new B();
$x = cast('A',$b);
$x = cast('B',$a);