Creating a stdClass object

[NotionCommotion]

Is there a "better" way to do this?  Desired result is PHP equivalent to {name:"my name", data: [4,6,8]}.

    private function makeNameDataObject($name,array $data)
    {
        $obj = new stdClass;
        $obj->name=$name;
        $obj->data=$data;
        return $obj;
    }

[Jacques1]

How about an associative array?

[Barand]

$obj = (object)[ 'name' => 'my name', 'data' => [2,4,6]];

[NotionCommotion]

How about an associative array?

 

This was my first approach,, however, I am using it to add to an object created by json_decode(), it it needs to be in the form I described.

 

$obj = (object)[ 'name' => 'my name', 'data' => [2,4,6]];

 

That is what I had done after my first approach, but data also gets changed to an object which not desired.

 

[Jacques1]

json_decode() does not force you to use objects. Pass true to the second parameter, and you get plain old associative arrays.

[Barand]

looks like data is array to me

$obj = (object)[ 'name' => 'my name', 'data' => [2,4,6]];

print_r($obj);

/* results ********************

stdClass Object
(
    [name] => my name
    [data] => Array
        (
            [0] => 2
            [1] => 4
            [2] => 6
        )

)

*/

[NotionCommotion]

json_decode() does not force you to use objects. Pass true to the second parameter, and you get plain old associative arrays.

 

True statement, and maybe I should change my approach.  I do feel, however, objects are a little more readable and concise.

 

looks like data is array to me

 

Why, yes it does!  I swore my array got changed to an object.  Must have been some other error elsewhere.