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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<reference xml:id="class.stdclass" role="class" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude">
<title>The stdClass class</title>
<titleabbrev>stdClass</titleabbrev>
<partintro>
<section xml:id="stdclass.intro">
&reftitle.intro;
<para>
A generic empty class with dynamic properties.
</para>
<para>
Objects of this class can be instantiated with
<link linkend="language.oop5.basic.new">new</link> operator or created by
<link linkend="language.types.object.casting">typecasting to object</link>.
Several PHP functions also create instances of this class, e.g.
<function>json_decode</function>, <function>mysqli_fetch_object</function>
or <methodname>PDOStatement::fetchObject</methodname>.
</para>
<para>
Despite not implementing
<link linkend="object.get">__get()</link>/<link linkend="object.set">__set()</link>
magic methods, this class allows dynamic properties and does not require the
<code>#[\AllowDynamicProperties]</code> attribute.
</para>
<para>
This is not a base class as PHP does not have a concept of a universal base
class. However, it is possible to create a custom class that extends from
<classname>stdClass</classname> and as a result inherits the functionality
of dynamic properties.
</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="stdclass.synopsis">
&reftitle.classsynopsis;
<classsynopsis class="class">
<ooclass>
<modifier role="attribute">#[\AllowDynamicProperties]</modifier>
<classname>stdClass</classname>
</ooclass>
</classsynopsis>
<para>
This class has no methods or default properties.
</para>
</section>
<section xml:id="stdclass.examples" role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<example xml:id="stdclass.basic-example">
<title>Created as a result of typecasting to object</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$obj = (object) array('foo' => 'bar');
var_dump($obj);
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
object(stdClass)#1 (1) {
["foo"]=>
string(3) "bar"
}
]]>
</screen>
</example>
<example xml:id="stdclass.json-example">
<title>Created as a result of <function>json_decode</function></title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$json = '{"foo":"bar"}';
var_dump(json_decode($json));
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
object(stdClass)#1 (1) {
["foo"]=>
string(3) "bar"
}
]]>
</screen>
</example>
<example xml:id="stdclass.properties-example">
<title>Declaring dynamic properties</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$obj = new stdClass();
$obj->foo = 42;
$obj->{1} = 42;
var_dump($obj);
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
object(stdClass)#1 (2) {
["foo"]=>
int(42)
["1"]=>
int(42)
}
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</section>
</partintro>
</reference>
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