Split continuous array into subarrays - php

Question

I am trying to convert an array formatted as the following:
object(Categories_store_tree)#519 (1) {
["list_of_sections":"Categories_store_tree":private]=> array(5) {
["id"]=> int(1)
["name"]=> string(11) "Main Store"
["parent_id"]=> NULL
["children"]=> array(2) {
[0]=> array(5) {
["id"]=> int(2)
["name"]=> string(4) "Food"
["parent_id"]=> int(1)
["children"]=> array(0) { }
}
[1]=> array(5) {
["id"]=> int(3)
["name"]=> string(14) "Electronics"
["parent_id"]=> int(1)
["children"]=> array(2) {
[0]=> array(5) {
["id"]=> int(4)
["name"]=> string(8) "Headphones"
["parent_id"]=> int(3)
["children"]=> array(0) { }
}
[1]=> array(5) {
["id"]=> int(5)
["name"]=> string(5) "Smartphones"
["parent_id"]=> int(3)
["children"]=> array(0) { }
}
}
}
}
}
}
To this structure of array:
object(Categories_store_tree)#964 (1) {
["list_of_sections":"Categories_store_tree":private]=> array(5) {
[0]=> array(4) {
["id"]=> int(1)
["name"]=> string(11) "Main Store"
["parent_id"]=> NULL
}
[1]=> array(4) {
["id"]=> int(2)
["name"]=> string(4) "Food"
["parent_id"]=> int(1)
}
[2]=> array(4) {
["id"]=> int(3)
["name"]=> string(14) "Electronics"
["parent_id"]=> int(1)
}
[3]=> array(4) {
["id"]=> int(4)
["name"]=> string(8) "Headphones"
["parent_id"]=> int(3)
}
[4]=> array(4) {
["id"]=> int(5)
["name"]=> string(5) "Smartphones"
["parent_id"]=> int(3)
}
}
}
Currently I am doing in manual but the idea is to make it automatic. I have tried with this code, but it returns an empty array, I have also tried with a function but I have been stuck for a couple of days and don't know what to do.
$clean_array = array();
$cont = 0;
foreach ( $new_tree as $key => $value ) {
if ( is_array( $value ) ) {
$cont++;
foreach ( $value as $key1 => $value1 ) {
if ( is_array( $value1 ) ) {
$cont++;
foreach ( $value1 as $key2 => $value2 ) {
$clean_array[$cont][$key2] = $value2;
}
} else {
$clean_array[$cont][$key1] = $value1;
}
}
} else {
$clean_array[$cont][$key] = $value;
}
}

Answer 1

Maybe you could try something like this.
Convert the object To an array:
function objectToArray($d) {
if (is_object($d))
$d = get_object_vars($d);
return is_array($d) ? array_map(__METHOD__, $d) : $d;
}
Then:
$arr = objectToArray($object);
print_r($arr);
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