// array way
$myuser = ['id' => 1, 'name' => 'example'];

// stdClass way
$myuser = new stdClass();
$myuser->id = 1;
$myuser->name = 'example';

// simple dataobjects
class User {
    public $id;
    public $name = '';
}

$myuser = new User();
$myuser->id = 1;
$myuser->name = 'example';

// dataobjects with setter/getter, specialy for validating data
class User {
    private $id;
    private $name = '';

    public function setId($id) {
        $this->id = (int)$id;
    }

    public function getId() {
        return $this->id;
    }

    public function setName($name) {
        $this->name = $name;
    }

    public function getName() {
        return $this->name;
    }
}

$myuser = new User();
$myuser->setId(1);
$myuser->setName('example');