Doctrine 2 Entities Serialized to JSON

Serializor.php

<?php

namespace H57\Util;

class Serializor {
	
	/**
	 * Converts the Doctrine Entity into a JSON Representation
	 * 
	 * @param object $object The Object (Typically a Doctrine Entity) to convert to an array
	 * @param integer $depth The Depth of the object graph to pursue
	 * @param array $whitelist List of entity=>array(parameters) to convert
	 * @param array $blacklist List of entity=>array(parameters) to skip
	 * @return string
	 */
	public static function json_encode($object, $depth=1, $whitelist=array(), $blacklist=array()){
		return json_encode(Serializor::toArray($object, $depth, $whitelist, $blacklist));
	}
	
	/**
	 * Serializes our Doctrine Entities
	 * 
	 * This is the primary entry point, because it assists with handling collections
	 * as the primary Object
	 * 
	 * @param object $object The Object (Typically a Doctrine Entity) to convert to an array
	 * @param integer $depth The Depth of the object graph to pursue
	 * @param array $whitelist List of entity=>array(parameters) to convert
	 * @param array $blacklist List of entity=>array(parameters) to skip
	 * @return NULL|Array	
	 *  
	 */
	public static function toArray($object, $depth = 1,$whitelist=array(), $blacklist=array()){
		
		// If we drop below depth 0, just return NULL
		if ($depth < 0){
			return NULL;
		}
		
		// If this is an array, we need to loop through the values
		if (is_array($object)){
			// Somthing to Hold Return Values
			$anArray = array();
			
			// The Loop
			foreach ($object as $value){
				// Store the results
				$anArray[] = Serializor::arrayizor($value, $depth, $whitelist, $blacklist);
			}
			// Return it
			return $anArray;
		}else{
			// Just return it
			return Serializor::arrayizor($object, $depth, $whitelist, $blacklist);
		}
	}
	
	/**
	 * This does all the heavy lifting of actually converting to an array
	 * 
	 * @param object $object The Object (Typically a Doctrine Entity) to convert to an array
	 * @param integer $depth The Depth of the object graph to pursue
	 * @param array $whitelist List of entity=>array(parameters) to convert
	 * @param array $blacklist List of entity=>array(parameters) to skip
	 * @return NULL|Array
	 */
	private static function arrayizor($anObject, $depth, $whitelist=array(), $blacklist=array()){
		// Determine the next depth to use
		$nextDepth = $depth - 1;
		
		// Lets get our Class Name
		// @TODO: Making some assumptions that only objects get passed in, need error checking
		$clazzName = get_class($anObject);
		
		// Now get our reflection class for this class name
		$reflectionClass = new \ReflectionClass($clazzName);
		
		// Then grap the class properites
		$clazzProps = $reflectionClass->getProperties();
		
		if (is_a($anObject, 'Doctrine\ORM\Proxy\Proxy')){
			$parent = $reflectionClass->getParentClass();
			$clazzName = $parent->getName();	
			$clazzProps = $parent->getProperties();
		}
		// A new array to hold things for us
		$anArray = array();
		
		// Lets loop through those class properties now
		foreach ($clazzProps as $prop){
			
			// If a Whitelist exists
			if (@count($whitelist[$clazzName]) > 0){
				// And this class property is not in it
				if (! @in_array($prop->name, $whitelist[$clazzName])){
					// lets skip it.
					continue;
				}
			// Otherwise, if a blacklist exists
			}elseif (@count($blacklist[$clazzName] > 0)){
				// And this class property is in it
				if (@in_array($prop->name, $blacklist[$clazzName])){
					// lets skip it.
					continue;
				}
			}
			
			// We know the property, lets craft a getProperty method
			$method_name = 'get' . ucfirst($prop->name) ;
			// And check to see that it exists for this object
			if (! method_exists($anObject, $method_name)){
				continue;
			}
			// It did, so lets call it!
			$aValue = $anObject->$method_name();

			// If it is an object, we need to handle that
			if (is_object($aValue)){
				// If it is a datetime, lets make it a string
				if (get_class($aValue) === 'DateTime'){
					$anArray[$prop->name] = $aValue->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

				// If it is a Doctrine Collection, we need to loop through it
				}elseif(get_class($aValue) ==='Doctrine\ORM\PersistentCollection'){
					$collect = array();
					foreach ($aValue as $val){
						$collect[] = Serializor::toArray($val, $nextDepth, $whitelist, $blacklist);
					}
					$anArray[$prop->name] = $collect;
					
				// Otherwise, we can simply make it an array
				}else{
					$anArray[$prop->name] = Serializor::toArray($aValue, $nextDepth, $whitelist, $blacklist);
				}
			// Otherwise, we just use the base value
			}else{
				
				$anArray[$prop->name] = $val;
			}
		}
		// All done, send it back!
		return $anArray;
	}
}

?>

If you pass a persistent collection this will throw warnings...i added a check so it works fine, its in line 41
if (is_array($object) || is_a($object, 'Doctrine\ORM\PersistentCollection')){

Now you can also use https://github.com/Indaxia/doctrine-orm-transformations to convert entities to scalar arrays and back

$val in https://gist.github.com/bubba-h57/3714787#file-serializor-php-L138 is undefined. It should be $aValue