PHP cast (object) scalar

If you convert an object to an object, it will not change. If any other type of value is converted to an object, an instance of the built-in class StdClass will be created. If the value is NULL , the new instance is empty. Converting an array into an object causes the key name to be the property name and has a corresponding value. For any other value, a member variable named scalar will contain the value.

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

PHP cast (object) scalar