Can't access elements of merged arrays - php

Question

So I had 2 objects that need to work together, one idea that was given to me was to merge them. Did that, using array_merge
But now I can't access the second object from the merged one and I'm stuck. The keys that appear after merge look a little weird, have I used it wrongly?
$merged=array_merge_recursive((array)$post,(array)$image);
And the var_dump for $merged shows me this:
array (size=10)
0 =>
object(Models\Post)[7]
protected 'id' => string '17' (length=2)
protected 'title' => string 'qwq' (length=3)
protected 'body' => string 'wqwq' (length=4)
protected 'views' => string '22' (length=2)
protected 'imgId' => string '17' (length=2)
protected '_attr_accessible' =>
array (size=3)
0 => string 'title' (length=5)
1 => string 'body' (length=4)
2 => string 'views' (length=5)
protected '_validators' =>
array (size=0)
empty
protected '_errors' =>
array (size=0)
empty
protected '_valid' => boolean true
'�*�id' => string '17' (length=2)
'�*�path' => string '/media/' (length=7)
'�*�name' => string 'col_right_callout.jpg' (length=21)
'�*�idPost' => string '0' (length=1)
'�*�description' => string 'wqeqw' (length=5)
'�*�_attr_accessible' =>
array (size=3)
0 => string 'name' (length=4)
1 => string 'path' (length=4)
2 => string 'description' (length=11)
'�*�_validators' =>
array (size=0)
empty
'�*�_errors' =>
array (size=0)
empty
'�*�_valid' => boolean true
How do I access the path or any field from the second part of the array?
Content of $post
array (size=1) 0 =>
object(Models\Post)[7]
protected 'id' => string '17' (length=2)
protected 'title' => string 'qwq' (length=3)
protected 'body' => string 'wqwq' (length=4)
protected 'views' => string '23' (length=2)
protected 'imgId' => string '17' (length=2)
protected '_attr_accessible' =>
array (size=3)
0 => string 'title' (length=5)
1 => string 'body' (length=4)
2 => string 'views' (length=5)
protected '_validators' =>
array (size=0)
empty
protected '_errors' =>
array (size=0)
empty
protected '_valid' => boolean true
Content of $image
object(Models\Image)[9]
protected 'id' => string '17' (length=2)
protected 'path' => string '/media/' (length=7)
protected 'name' => string 'col_right_callout.jpg' (length=21)
protected 'idPost' => string '0' (length=1)
protected 'description' => string 'wqeqw' (length=5)
protected '_attr_accessible' =>
array (size=3)
0 => string 'name' (length=4)
1 => string 'path' (length=4)
2 => string 'description' (length=11)
protected '_validators' =>
array (size=0)
empty
protected '_errors' =>
array (size=0)
empty
protected '_valid' => boolean true

Answer 1

Because image is object, protected and private properties have special character prepended when you cast object to array.
With post you are casting array to array. If you do something like (array)$post[0] you will get same issue with both objects.
Take a look how to get array out of it: How to convert (cast) Object to Array without Class Name prefix in PHP?