php convert object to array
$person = new stdClass();
$person->firstName = "Taylor";
$person->age = 32;
//Convert Single-Dimention Object to array
$personArray = (array) $person;
//Convert Multi-Dimentional Object to Array
$personArray = objectToArray($person);
function objectToArray ($object) {
if(!is_object($object) && !is_array($object)){
return $object;
}
return array_map('objectToArray', (array) $object);
}