horrible hack to recursively change custom objects into plain arrays

recursive-obj-vars-for-private-props.php

Class Yoyo
{
    public static function objectToArray($obj) {
        if (is_object($obj)) {
            $reflect = new \ReflectionClass($obj);
            $props = $reflect->getProperties();

            $d = array();

            foreach ($props as $prop) {
                $prop->setAccessible(true);
                $d[$prop->getName()] = $prop->getValue($obj);
            }

            $obj = $d;
        }

        return is_array($obj) ? array_map(function ($v) {
            return static::objectToArray($v);
        }, $obj) : $obj;
    }
}