Question

I’m looping through a mysql query and storing the values to an object. I want to automatically iterate the object like one would an array as I store the data to it.

Here is what I’m doing:

$i = 0;
foreach( $query->result() as $row )
{
    $data->$i = $row;
    $i++;
}

I’d like to mimic the code below, but for an object, removing the need for $i in the above code:

foreach( $query->result() as $row )
    $data[] = $row;

What is the equivalent to $data[] = $row to iterate an object as you store variables to it in a foreach or while loop?

NOTE: It’s clear that I shouldn’t be using objects in this manner. Could you please elaborate on why this is the case?

Answer 1

There isn’t one, because objects don’t work that way. Besides, if you want to store things in a linear fashion then you shouldn’t be using an object in that manner regardless.