Question

Is it possible to add elements to stdclasses like we do for arrays?

Array (
  [0] => item 1
  [1] => item 2
)

Stdclass (
  [0] => item 1
  [1] => item 2
)

Is it generally harder to manipulate objects as compared to arrays? Since we have lots of array functions to make use of etc.

Answer 1

Sure, you can add new elements…

$Object = new StdClass();
$Object->item1 = 1;
$Object->item2 = 2;

If you want to iterate object as array you should use PHP SPL ArrayIterator or RecursiveArrayIterator.

Also you can use typecasting to move from array to object and back…

$array = array('item1', 'item2');
$Object = (object)$array;
var_dump($object);
$array = (array)$Object;
var_dump($array);