- addiing toObj method

- adding merge metho
- enhancing getArrayableItems

readme.md

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@ Ary
 ===
 Are you tired from casting objects and arrays to each other? Don't do that anymore! Ary is a light class/function that makes accessing array items more convenient.  
 
-1. You can access array items using `->` or `[]` syntax.
+1. You can access array items using `->` or `['']` syntax.
-2. You will get `null` if an index does not exists. 
+2. You will get `null` if an index does not exists (instead of a nasty notification!)
-3. You can specify a default value for a missing index. 
+3. You can specify a default value for missing indexes. 
 
 * The class (`Ary()`) requires PHP 5.4 or newer.
 * The helper function (`ary()`) requires PHP 5.6 or newer. 
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ $ary = ary();
 //setting and getting array items.
 
 $ary = ary(2, 4, 6, 8); //or
-$ary = ary([2, 4, 6, 8]); //or
+$ary = ary([2, 4, 6, 8]); 
 
 $ary = ary(['x' => 'foo', 'y' => 'bar']);
 $foo = $ary->x; //or

src/Ary.php

@@ -58,7 +58,12 @@ class Ary implements ArrayAccess, Countable, IteratorAggregate, JsonSerializable
         if ($items instanceof self) {
             return $items->all();
         }
-
+        if (method_exists($items, 'toArray')) {
+            return $items->toArray();
+        }
+        if ($items instanceof JsonSerializable) {
+            return json_decode(json_encode($items), true);
+        }
         return (array)$items;
     }
 
@@ -124,6 +129,17 @@ class Ary implements ArrayAccess, Countable, IteratorAggregate, JsonSerializable
         return $this->all();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Merge the collection with the given items.
+     *
+     * @param  mixed $items
+     * @return static
+     */
+    public function merge($items)
+    {
+        return new static(array_merge($this->items, $this->getArrayableItems($items)));
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get a CachingIterator instance.
      *
@@ -241,4 +257,14 @@ class Ary implements ArrayAccess, Countable, IteratorAggregate, JsonSerializable
     {
         return $this->offsetExists($key);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the collection of items as a plain object.
+     *
+     * @return object
+     */
+    public function toObject()
+    {
+        return (object)$this->all();
+    }
 }