improved array to object conversion in ConfigLoader by using json_encode/decode trick

updated CHANGELOG for 1.0.3 release

Author: onlime

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
+## 1.0.3 (2019-10-14)
+
+- Fix for PHP setup where extensions are not compiled-in, loaded as modules. Standard php.ini is now loaded.
+- Code style: replaced traditional syntax array literals
+- Code smells: fixes various minor code smells
+- Pushed minimum required PHP version to 7.2
+- Improved array to object conversion in ConfigLoader by using json_encode/decode trick.
+
 ## 1.0.2 (2015-11-04)
 
 - workaround for duplicate headers that should not appear more than once (@onlime)

app/ConfigLoader.php

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public function __construct()
             }
         }
 
-        $this->_conf = $this->_arrayToObject($config);
+        $this->_conf = $this->arrayToObject($config);
 
         $this->init();
     }
@@ -70,20 +70,10 @@ public function getConfig()
      *
      * @param array $arr
      * @return StdClass
-     * @link http://onli.me/array2object
+     * @link https://stackoverflow.com/a/9185337
      */
-    protected function _arrayToObject(array $arr)
+    protected function arrayToObject(array $arr)
     {
-        if (is_array($arr)) {
-            /*
-            * Return array converted to object
-            * Using __FUNCTION__ (Magic constant)
-            * for recursive call
-            */
-            return (object)array_map([$this, __FUNCTION__], $arr);
-        } else {
-            // Return object
-            return $arr;
-        }
+        return json_decode(json_encode($arr));
     }
 }

composer.json

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
         "php": ">=7.2.0",
         "ext-mbstring": "*",
         "ext-pdo": "*",
-        "ext-imap": "*"
+        "ext-imap": "*",
+        "ext-json": "*"
     }
 }