<?php
//JSONarrayToPHParrayOfObjects.php

//An array of JSON objects in a PHP string
//is converted to a PHP array of objects.
$cars =
'[{
    "name": "Subaru",
    "color": "bronze",
    "age": 3,
    "goodCondition": true
},
{
    "name": "Mercedes",
    "color": "silver",
    "age": 5,
    "goodCondition": true
}]';

$cars_as_array_of_objects = json_decode($cars);
echo gettype($cars_as_array_of_objects) . "\n";
echo gettype($cars_as_array_of_objects[0]) . "\n";
echo count($cars_as_array_of_objects) . "\n\n=====\n";

foreach ($cars_as_array_of_objects as $car)
{
    echo $car->name . "\n";
    echo $car->color . "\n";
    echo $car->age . "\n";
    echo $car->goodCondition . "\n";
}

echo "\n=====\n";
foreach ($cars_as_array_of_objects as $car)
    foreach ($car as $property)
        echo "$property\n";

echo "\n";

//Note the syntax for accessing a single property of a single car:
echo $cars_as_array_of_objects[0]->name . "\n";
?>