$arr = array('a'=>'apple','b'=>'ball'); $arr = (object) $arr;//Array after (object) $clasa = (object) array( 'e1' => array('nume' => 'Nitu', 'prenume' => 'Andrei', 'sex' => 'm', 'varsta' => 23), 'e2' => array('nume' => 'Nae', 'prenume' => 'Ionel', 'sex' => 'm', 'varsta' => 27), 'e3' => array('nume' => 'Noman', 'prenume' => 'Alice', 'sex' => 'f', 'varsta' => 22), 'e4' => array('nume' => 'Geangos', 'prenume' => 'Bogdan', 'sex' => 'm', 'varsta' => 23), 'e5' => array('nume' => 'Vasile', 'prenume' => 'Mihai', 'sex' => 'm', 'varsta' => 25) );<?php $empInfo = array( 'name'=>'John', 'address'=>'Houston', 'employment' => array( 'id' => '1', 'address' => 'Los Angeles' ) ); // or $obj = (obj)['name'=> 'Jone Doe']; print_r(json_decode(json_encode($empInfo)));