#18 add flag to get assoc array result as json_decode offers

src/Seld/JsonLint/JsonParser.php

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
  */
 
 namespace Seld\JsonLint;
-
 use stdClass;
 
 /**
@@ -30,6 +29,7 @@ class JsonParser
 {
     const DETECT_KEY_CONFLICTS = 1;
     const ALLOW_DUPLICATE_KEYS = 2;
+	const ASSOC_INSTEADOF_OBJECT = 4;
 
     private $flags;
     private $stack;
@@ -303,6 +303,9 @@ public function parse($input, $flags = 0)
                     $r = $this->performAction($yyval, $yytext, $yyleng, $yylineno, $action[1], $this->vstack, $this->lstack);
 
                     if (!$r instanceof Undefined) {
+	                    if ($this->isAssocInsteadOfObject()) {
+		                    $r = $this->toArray($r);
+	                    }
                         return $r;
                     }
 
@@ -331,6 +334,26 @@ protected function parseError($str, $hash)
         throw new ParsingException($str, $hash);
     }
 
+	/**
+	 * Convert object to array, deep inspection
+	 *
+	 * @param stdClass $object
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	private function toArray(stdClass $object)
+	{
+		$array = array();
+		foreach ($object as $key => $value) {
+			if ($value instanceof stdClass) {
+				$array[$key] = $this->toArray($value);
+			} else {
+				$array[$key] = $value;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return $array;
+	}
+
     // $$ = $tokens // needs to be passed by ref?
     // $ = $token
     // _$ removed, useless?
@@ -378,12 +401,12 @@ private function performAction(stdClass $yyval, $yytext, $yyleng, $yylineno, $yy
         case 17:
             $yyval->token = $tokens[$len-2];
             $key = $tokens[$len][0] === '' ? '_empty_' : $tokens[$len][0];
-            if (($this->flags & self::DETECT_KEY_CONFLICTS) && isset($tokens[$len-2]->{$key})) {
+            if (($this->isDetectKeyConflicts()) && isset($tokens[$len-2]->{$key})) {
                 $errStr = 'Parse error on line ' . ($yylineno+1) . ":\n";
                 $errStr .= $this->lexer->showPosition() . "\n";
                 $errStr .= "Duplicate key: ".$tokens[$len][0];
                 throw new ParsingException($errStr);
-            } elseif (($this->flags & self::ALLOW_DUPLICATE_KEYS) && isset($tokens[$len-2]->{$key})) {
+            } elseif (($this->isAllowDuplicateKeys()) && isset($tokens[$len-2]->{$key})) {
                 $duplicateCount = 1;
                 do {
                     $duplicateKey = $key . '.' . $duplicateCount++;
@@ -410,6 +433,18 @@ private function performAction(stdClass $yyval, $yytext, $yyleng, $yylineno, $yy
         return new Undefined();
     }
 
+	private function isAllowDuplicateKeys() {
+		return $this->flags & self::ALLOW_DUPLICATE_KEYS;
+	}
+
+	private function isDetectKeyConflicts() {
+		return $this->flags & self::DETECT_KEY_CONFLICTS;
+	}
+
+	private function isAssocInsteadOfObject() {
+		return $this->flags & self::ASSOC_INSTEADOF_OBJECT;
+	}
+
     private function stringInterpolation($match)
     {
         switch ($match[0]) {