PHP basic: How to access a member of an attribute of an object

Question

I have this output when I do var_dump($myvar) on a variable.

    object(stdClass)#5 (19) {
      ["contributors"]=>
      NULL
      ["coordinates"]=>
      NULL
      ...
      ...
      ...
      ["text"]=>
      string(118) "Tune in to @Current TV this Saturday for post-debate commentary from me + @JenGranholm + Cenk Uygur #PoliticallyDirect"
    }

How do I reach the "text" attribute? I thought it would be $myvar["text"] but that gives me this error message:

Fatal error: Cannot use object of type stdClass as array

Answer 1

You have an object of stdClass, use the dereference/object-access operator:

echo $myvar->text;

Answer 2

If the member names are simple, you can use the -> operator:

echo $myvar->text;

You can use an alternate syntax to access members names that contain special characters (JSON decoded data often produces such cases):

echo $myvar->{'some-other-text-with-hyphens'};