For real quick and dirty one-liner anonymous objects, just cast an associative array:
<?php
$obj = (object) array('foo' => 'bar', 'property' => 'value');
echo $obj->foo; // prints 'bar'
echo $obj->property; // prints 'value'
?>
... no need to create a new class or function to accomplish it.
Source: http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.php#84292