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What does (array) do in php?
stdClass Object (

[ExampleCentre] => Array (

[0] => stdClass Object (
[ID] => 14
[Name] => mycity
[Code] => exm
[Email] => example.web@example.com
[FB] =>
[Address1] => Exm, example
[City] => Hakuna Matata
[PostCode] => 000000
[County] =>
[Fax] => Fax
[Telephone] => 000222888
[Location] => 01.000000,-0.00004
[URL] => /holla/hakuna/example
)

$obj = new stdClass;
$obj->foo = 'value1';
$obj->bar = 'value2';
var_dump((array) $obj);

array(2) {
  ["foo"]=>
  string(6) "value1"
  ["bar"]=>
  string(6) "value2"
}