What are some common pitfalls when trying to merge arrays with PHP objects?

One common pitfall when trying to merge arrays with PHP objects is that the object properties may not be preserved when using array_merge or the + operator. To solve this, you can convert the object to an array using the get_object_vars function before merging it with an array. 

// Create an object
$obj = new stdClass();
$obj->name = 'John';
$obj->age = 30;

// Create an array
$arr = ['city' => 'New York', 'country' => 'USA'];

// Convert the object to an array and merge it with the existing array
$mergedArray = array_merge($arr, get_object_vars($obj));

// Output the merged array
print_r($mergedArray);

Keywords

array_merge objects type conversion stdClass error handling

Related Questions