Cast object to stdClass

Question

I have a database model with __get and __set functions that prevent dynamic creation of properties (to prevent typing mistakes):

class UserModel
{
    public $Name;
    public $LanguageCode; // f.e. "EN", "NL", ...

    public function __get($name)
    {
        throw new Exception("$name is not a member");
    }
    public function __set($name, $value)
    {
        throw new Exception("$name is not a member");
    }
}

Now, I have an array of UserModel instances ($users) that I want to pass to a templating engine. Therefore, I want to run array_map on the array and add an additional property LanguageText, to be used in the template.

$users = array_map(function ($v)
{
    $v = (object)$v; // this doesn't help to cast away from UserModel type
    $v->LanguageText = GetLanguageText($v->LanguageCode);
    return $v;
}, $users);
// pass $users to templating engine

Of course the line $v->LanguageText = ... throws an error because I try to add a dynamic property. I tried this: $v = (object)$v; to cast the UserModel object to stdClass, but the type is unchanged. Any ideas how to cast away from UserModel without having to serialize/unserialize the data?

I'm using PHP 5.3.5

Answer 1

You have to do a double cast to do what you want...

$v = (object)(array)$v;