php - Convert multidimensional objects to array

Question

I'm using amazon product advertising api. Values are returned as a multidimensional objects.

It looks like this:

object(AmazonProduct_Result)#222 (5) {
  ["_code":protected]=>
  int(200)
  ["_data":protected]=>
  string(16538) 
array(2) {
    ["IsValid"]=>
    string(4) "True"
    ["Items"]=>
    array(1) {
      [0]=>
      object(AmazonProduct_Item)#19 (1) {
        ["_values":protected]=>
        array(11) {
          ["ASIN"]=>
          string(10) "B005HNF01O"
          ["ParentASIN"]=>
          string(10) "B008RKEIZ8"
          ["DetailPageURL"]=>
          string(120) "http://www.amazon.com/Case-Logic-TBC-302-FFP-Compact/dp/B005HNF01O?SubscriptionId=AKIAJNFRQCIJLTY6LDTA&tag=*********-20"
          ["ItemLinks"]=>
          array(7) {
            [0]=>
            object(AmazonProduct_ItemLink)#18 (1) {
              ["_values":protected]=>
              array(2) {
                ["Description"]=>
                string(17) "Technical Details"
                ["URL"]=>
                string(217) "http://www.amazon.com/Case-Logic-TBC-302-FFP-Compact/dp/tech-data/B005HNF01O%3FSubscriptionId%3DAKIAJNFRQCIJLTY6LDTA%26tag%*******-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D386001%26creativeASIN%3DB005HNF01O"
              }
            }
            [1]=>
            object(AmazonProduct_ItemLink)#17 (1) {
              ["_values":protected]=>
              array(2) {

I mean it also has array inside objects. I would like to convert all of them into a multidimensional array.

Answer 1

I know this is old but you could try the following piece of code:

$array = json_decode(json_encode($object), true);

where $object is the response of the API.