PHP multiple array - echoing the value of an array key using object - php

Question

<?php
/* SC: Shop Category */
$SCStatement = "SELECT * FROM shop_categories";
$SCQuery = mysql_query($SCStatement);
while($SCFetch = mysql_fetch_array($SCQuery)){
$SCItems[] = array(
'id' => $SCFetch['id'],
'name' => $SCFetch['cat_name'],
'desc' => $SCFetch['cat_description']
);
}
$SCNumCols = 2;
$SCNumItems = count($SCItems);
$SCNumRows = ceil($SCNumItems / $SCNumCols);
function bindArrayToObject($array) {
$return = new stdClass();
foreach ($array as $k => $v) {
if (is_array($v)) {
$return->$k = bindArrayToObject($v);
}
else {
$return->$k = preg_replace ('/<[^>]*>/', '', $v);
}
}
return $return;
}
$newObject = bindArrayToObject($SCItems);
echo $newObject->name;
?>
The data i retrieve from the database is stored in $SCItems[] array. The problem is, when i echo the $newObject->name; nothing will appear. What to add this code to show the data using $newObject->name;
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Well, judging from this code, what you have is something like
$SCItems = Array(
0 => Array(
'id' => 1,
'name' => 'name 1',
'desc' => 'description 1'
),
1 => Array(
'id' => 2,
'name' => 'name 2',
'desc' => 'description 2'
),
);
And then from that your bindArrayToObject function trying to build the object
$newObject = new stdClass();
$newbject->0 = new stdClass();
$newbject->0->id = 1;
$newbject->0->name = 'name 1';
$newbject->0->desc = 'description 1';
$newbject->1 = new stdClass();
$newbject->1->id = 2;
$newbject->1->name = 'name 2';
$newbject->1->desc = 'description 2';
So, what you probably should do is loop over your '$SCItems' and then on each entry use bindArrayToObject
Such as
$SCObject = Array();
foreach($SCItems as $SCItem) {
$SCObjects[] = bindArrayToObject($SCItem);
}
From there you should be able to access $SCObjects[0]->name, which would make much more sense to me