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<div id="language.types.object" class="sect1">
<h2 class="title">Objects</h2>
<div id="language.types.object.init" class="sect2">
<h3 class="title">Object Initialization</h3>
<p class="para">
To create a new <a href="language.types.object.php" class="type object">object</a>, use the <i>new</i> statement
to instantiate a class:
</p>
<div class="informalexample">
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">class </span><span style="color: #0000BB">foo<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">{<br /> function </span><span style="color: #0000BB">do_foo</span><span style="color: #007700">()<br /> {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">"Doing foo."</span><span style="color: #007700">; <br /> }<br />}<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$bar </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">foo</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$bar</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">do_foo</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<p class="simpara">
For a full discussion, see the
<a href="language.oop5.php" class="link">Classes and Objects</a> chapter.
</p>
</div>
<div id="language.types.object.casting" class="sect2">
<h3 class="title">Converting to object</h3>
<p class="para">
If an <a href="language.types.object.php" class="type object">object</a> is converted to an <a href="language.types.object.php" class="type object">object</a>, it is not
modified. If a value of any other type is converted to an
<a href="language.types.object.php" class="type object">object</a>, a new instance of the <i>stdClass</i>
built-in class is created. If the value was <b><tt class="constant">NULL</tt></b>, the new instance will be
empty. <a href="language.types.array.php" class="type Array">Array</a>s convert to an <a href="language.types.object.php" class="type object">object</a> with properties
named by keys, and corresponding values. For any other value, a member
variable named <i>scalar</i> will contain the value.
</p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$obj </span><span style="color: #007700">= (object) </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'ciao'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br />echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$obj</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">scalar</span><span style="color: #007700">; </span><span style="color: #FF8000">// outputs 'ciao'<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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