fun.php

<?php
 
$thing = [
    "x" => 1,
    "y" => 2
];
 
var_dump($thing);
$json = json_encode($thing);
echo $json . "\n";
$thing2 = json_decode($json);
var_dump($thing2);
 
echo $thing == $thing2 ? "yes" : "no" . "\n";

```

# output from running the above code:

array(2) {
  ["x"]=>
  int(1)
  ["y"]=>
  int(2)
}
{"x":1,"y":2}
object(stdClass)#1 (2) {
  ["x"]=>
  int(1)
  ["y"]=>
  int(2)
}
no
```