How to instantiate stdClass in place

Question

Is it it possible to do this in php?

Javascript code:

var a = {name: "john", age: 13}; //a.name = "john"; a.age = 13

Instantiate the stdClass variable on the fly ?

Beal

Answer 1

Try using the associative array syntax, and casting to object:

$a = (object)array('name' => 'john', 'age' => 13);
echo $a->name; // 'john'

Friseur

Casting seems the best method, but i think you cast it to (object) rather than (stdClass) as per php.net/manual/en/language.types.type-juggling.php – Avera

@adam: right you are. Did stdClass use to work or something? I have it in my head that it did work once upon a time. – Friseur

I think php always reports objects as stdClass (with var_dump, etc) but the actual type is object. Should be the same in both directions, if you ask me. – Avera

Answer 2

You can also do:

$a = new stdClass;
$a->name = 'john';
$a->age = 13;

Eclampsia

Answer 3

Another way:

$text = '{"name": "john", "age": 13}';
$obj = json_decode($text);

Daiseydaisi

Requires much more processing than casting an array to an object. – Infelicity