convert object to array 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<?php 
2class sample { 
3      
4    /* Member variables */
5    var $var1; 
6    var $var2; 
7      
8    function __construct( $par1, $par2 )  
9    { 
10        $this->var1 = $par1; 
11        $this->var2 = $par2; 
12    } 
13} 
14  
15// Creating the object 
16$myObj = new sample(1000, "second"); 
17echo "Before conversion: \n"; 
18var_dump($myObj); 
19  
20// Converting object to associative array 
21$myArray = json_decode(json_encode($myObj), true); 
22echo "After conversion: \n"; 
23var_dump($myArray); 
24?> 
25  
26Output:
27Before conversion: 
28object(sample)#1 (2) {
29  ["var1"]=>
30  int(1000)
31  ["var2"]=>
32  string(6) "second"
33}
34
35After conversion: 
36array(2) {
37  ["var1"]=>
38  int(1000)
39  ["var2"]=>
40  string(6) "second"
41}