/**
* Recursively converts an array to an object.
*
* @param array $array The array to convert
* @param bool $maintainNumericIndices If true, numeric indecies are retained
* @param string|null $className Class to create for the returned object,
* if null, stdClass is used
*
* @return object The array as an object instance
*/
public static function toObject($array, $maintainNumericIndices = false, $className = null)
{
if (!is_array($array)) {
return $array;
}
$className = $className ?: 'stdClass';
$hasNumericIndices = array_values($array) === $array && $maintainNumericIndices;
$new = $hasNumericIndices ? array() : new $className();
foreach ($array as $key => $value) {
if (is_array($value)) {
$value = self::toObject($value, $maintainNumericIndices);
}
if ($hasNumericIndices) {
$new[$key] = $value;
} else {
$new->{Text::toCamelCaps($key)} = $value;
}
}
return $new;
}
/**
* Converts string to a slug, i.e. a lowercase string where non-url friendly characters are replaced with a
* hyphen
*
* Taken from http://sourcecookbook.com/en/recipes/8/function-to-slugify-strings-in-php
*
* @param $text The variable to be cast
*
* @return string
*/
public function slug($text)
{
return TextFunction::toSlug($text, false);
}
