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This library allows you to populate an array, pulling properties and nested properties from an object.

Usage

Simple example:

$params = ['name', 'id'];

$class = new \stdClass();
$class->name = 'name';
$class->id = 1;

$data = ArrayUtil::populateArrayFromObject($params, $class); 
// ['name' => 'name', 'id' => 1]

Nested example:

$params = ['name', 'id', 'extra->name'];

$class = new \stdClass();
$class->name = 'name';
$class->id = 1;

$class2 = new \stdClass();
$class2->name = 'name-2';
$class->extra = $class2;

$data = ArrayUtil::populateArrayFromObject($params, $class); 
// ['name' => 'name', 'id' => 1, 'extra->name' => 'name-2']

Providing missing data example:

$params = ['name', 'id', 'extra'];

$class = new \stdClass();
$class->name = 'name';
$class->id = 1;

$data = ArrayUtil::populateArrayFromObject($params, $class, [
    'extra' => 'static'
]); 
// ['name' => 'name', 'id' => 1, 'extra' => 'static']