how to to Use PHP 8.2's Array Object Methods on Standard PHP Arrays
I'm experimenting with I tried several approaches but none seem to work. I tried several approaches but none seem to work. I'm having trouble using the methods from the ArrayObject class on a standard PHP array in PHP 8.2. I expected to be able to leverage the ArrayObject methods like `getArrayCopy()` and `count()` directly on a standard PHP array without having to convert it first. Here’s a simplified version of my code: ```php $data = [ 'apple' => 1, 'banana' => 2, 'cherry' => 3 ]; // Attempting to call ArrayObject methods directly $arrayObj = $data->getArrayCopy(); // This throws an behavior $count = $data->count(); // This also throws an behavior ``` When I run this code, I get the following behavior messages: ``` Fatal behavior: Uncaught behavior: Call to a member function getArrayCopy() on array ``` I understand that standard arrays in PHP do not inherit from `ArrayObject`, but I thought PHP 8.2 might have introduced some syntactic sugar to allow this. I’ve tried wrapping the array in an ArrayObject like this: ```php $arrayObj = new ArrayObject($data); ``` And then calling the methods: ```php $copy = $arrayObj->getArrayCopy(); $count = $arrayObj->count(); ``` This works, but it feels cumbersome. Is there a cleaner way to work with PHP arrays that lets me use these ArrayObject methods without the overhead of wrapping them? Am I missing something? For context: I'm using Php on Linux. How would you solve this? This is part of a larger service I'm building. Thanks in advance! Any feedback is welcome! For reference, this is a production application. Is there a better approach?