//You can use stdClass which is sort of empty template    $object = new stdClass();  //Assign property $object->property = 'Here we go';  //Now if we dump it  var_dump($object);    /*    outputs:    object(stdClass)#2 (1) {       ["property"]=>       string(10) "Here we go"     }    */ //Even shorter $object = (object) ['property' => 'Here we go'];

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