Objects

Object Initialization

To create a new object , use the new statement to instantiate a class:


<?php
class foo
{
    function do_foo()
    {
        echo "Doing foo."; 
    }
}

$bar = new foo;
$bar->do_foo();
?>

For a full discussion, see the Classes and Objects chapter.

Converting to object

If an object is converted to an object , it is not modified. If a value of any other type is converted to an object , a new instance of the stdClass built-in class is created. If the value was NULL, the new instance will be empty. Array s convert to an object with properties named by keys, and corresponding values. For any other value, a member variable named scalar will contain the value.


<?php
$obj = (object) 'ciao';
echo $obj->scalar;  // outputs 'ciao'
?>