Empowered Cannot use object of type stdClass array

Many of you facing the error “cannot use object of type stdClass array“. In this post you will learn how can we resolve this error? This post will show you when you get this error message and How can you resolve this error easily.

PHP or WordPress shows “cannot use object of type stdClass array” error message when your code tries to access the Object type variable as an Array. It is possible that you’ve tried to access your object type variable with the generic bracket Array accessor not an object operator. 

See the below example which is able to throw this error.

Example is showing an error Cannot use object of type stdClass array

You can see in the below example we are trying to access the object type variable using the array. throws an error of “cannot use object of type stdClass array”

 $object = new stdClass();  

 $object->firstVariable = 'My First Value';  

 $object->secondVariable = 'My Second Value';  

 $object->thirdVariable = 'My Third Value';  

 $object->fourthVariable = 'My Fourth Value';  

 echo $object["firstVariable"]; // Error thrown here  

Now you can see the second example without the error

Below example does not throw an error

To resolve this issue, you will need to check the specific piece of code that is generating the error. Look for places where you are trying to access an object as an array and make the necessary adjustments.

You can see the same example, but in this example, you can see the object variable is using the object operator to show the value. You can see this example is not throw an error

 $object = new stdClass();  

 $object->firstVariable = 'My First Value';  

 $object->secondVariable = 'My Second Value';  

 $object->thirdVariable = 'My Third Value';  

 $object->fourthVariable = 'My Fourth Value';  

 echo $object->firstVariable;  

 OutPut  

 My First Value  

Solutions

To resolve this error “Cannot use object of type stdClass array”. We have two different solutions to resolve this issue. 

1. Convert the object  type variable to an array variable before accessing it with an array 
2. Access the object type variable values with an object operator as shown in Example

 $object = new stdClass();  
 $object->firstVariable = 'My First Value';  
 $object->secondVariable = 'My Second Value';  
 $object->thirdVariable = 'My Third Value';  
 $object->fourthVariable = 'My Fourth Value';  
 $array = json_decode(json_encode($object), true);  
 echo $array['firstVariable'];  
 OutPut  
 My First Value  

Make sure that you are using the correct methods to access the data in WordPress. Additionally, ensure that the object you are working with is indeed an instance of the stdClass class.

If you are still encountering issues, you might need to provide more specific information or the exact code that is causing the problem, so that I can help you better.