PHP flattening function. Turns a record into a dot-delimited array, converting both nest arrays and objects

gistfile1.php

<?php

function flatten($record, $prepend = '', $delimiter = '.')
{
	$results = array();

	foreach ($record as $key => $value)
	{
		if (is_array($value) or is_object($value))
		{
			$results = array_merge($results, flatten((array) $value, $prepend.$key.$delimiter));
		}
		else
		{
			$results[$prepend.$key] = $value;
		}
	}

	return $results;
}