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# Objects

## Object Initialization

To initialize an object, you use the new statement to instantiate the object to a variable.

`<?php class foo { function do_foo() { echo "Doing foo."; } } $bar = new foo; $bar->do_foo(); ?>`

For a full discussion, please read the section Classes and Objects.

## 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 converts to an object with properties named by array keys and with corresponding values. For any other value, a member variable named scalar will contain the value.

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

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