When does json_decode doesn't work as object?

PHP
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I learned that

json_decode($userinfo);

will decode the json string as object

json_decode($userinfo, true);

will decode the json string as array…

For some reason I’m able to extract the json string as array but when I try it to do it as object it breaks. Do you have any idea why?

Thanks

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crap!! the problem was that I was putting echo in front of it when it was an object

echo $userinfo = json_decode($userinfo);

but this works when it’s an array… like

echo $userinfo = json_decode($userinfo, true);

it prints Array…

It would be great if the first one printed object or something instead of breaking down…