convert object to array in php

1//This works best
2$array = json_decode(json_encode($object), true);

1//It is verry  easy : just cast object to array
2$array =  (array)$object;

1$array = (array) $yourObject;

1$person = new stdClass();
2$person->firstName = "Taylor";
3$person->age = 32;
4
5//Convert Single-Dimention Object to array
6$personArray = (array) $person;
7
8//Convert Multi-Dimentional Object to Array
9$personArray = objectToArray($person);
10function objectToArray ($object) {
11    if(!is_object($object) && !is_array($object)){
12    	return $object;
13    }
14    return array_map('objectToArray', (array) $object);
15}

1$array = (array) $object;

1// It will work Perfectly Fine.
2$arr = json_decode(json_encode($obj), true);