title: Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string PHP issue
body: <p>Im pulling info from Jira Atlassian API, ive worked with other code and it works fine and i change it to json and all the info gets returned as an object.</p>
  
  <p>However in this case i get this server error:
  PHP Catchable fatal error:  Object of class stdClass could not be converted to string in /usr/local/vhosts/999/webspace/httpdocs/mysite/filters1.php on line 411</p>
  
  <p>Now here is the code im trying to run:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$username = 'xxx@gmail.com';
  $password = 'xxxxxxx';
  
  $url = 'xxx.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/search?jql=project+%3D+bug+AND+component+%3D+%22issues%22+AND+status+in+(Open,+Reopened)';
  
  
  $headers = array(
  'Accept: application/json',
  'Content-Type: application/json'
  );
  
  
  $ch = curl_init();
  $test = "This is the content of the custom field.";
  
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, 1);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "GET");
  //curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, "$username:$password");
  
  
  $result = curl_exec($ch);
  $issue_json = json_decode($result);
  $ch_error = curl_error($ch);
  
  if ($ch_error) {
      echo "cURL Error: $ch_error";
  } else {
      echo $issue_json;
  }
  
  curl_close($ch);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>As i mentioned that returns the error above but if i alter the code to</p>
  
  <pre><code> $result = curl_exec($ch);
   //$issue_json = json_decode($result);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>and then i echo out $result it works and returns everything i need but as a huge string and not an object like i want. I formatted the whole string below so its a bit more readable.
  I googled some similar issues and i think i need to do something like this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>foreach($string as $strings) 
  {
       echo $strings;
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>But i not too familiar with this kind of stuff just basic php so im a bit lost</p>
  
  <pre><code>{"expand":
                  "names,schema",
                  "startAt":0,
                  "maxResults":50,
                  "total":1,
                  "issues":
                          [{"expand":
                          "editmeta,
                          renderedFields,
                          transitions,
                          changelog,
                          operations",
                          "id":"15550",
                          "self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/15550",
                          "key":"bug-4990",
                          "fields":{"progress":{"progress":0,"total":0},
                          "summary":"Player Summary group profile bar chart does not show all ranges",
                          "issuetype":{"self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issuetype/1",
                          "id":"1",
                          "description":"A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product.",
                          "iconUrl":"http://www.google.com/images/bug_16.png",
                          "name":"Bug",
                          "subtask":false},
                          "votes":{"self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/bug-4990/votes",
                          "votes":0,
                          "hasVoted":false},
                          "customfield_11100":"579",
                          "resolution":null,
                          "fixVersions":
                                  [{"self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/version/10301",
                                  "id":"10301",
                                  "description":"Bugs that will be going in the next official release once the current release is pushed, held temporarily here in the meantime",
                                  "name":"Milestone 1",
                                  "archived":false,
                                  "released":false}],
                          "customfield_10403":{
                                              "self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/customFieldOption/10105",
                                              "value":"Low","id":"10105"},
                                              "resolutiondate":null,
                                              "customfield_11101":null,
                                              "timespent":null,
                                              "reporter":{
                                                          "self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/user?username=donalduck%4moo.ca",
                                                          "name":"bugsbunny@gmail.com",
                                                          "emailAddress":"bugsbunny@gmail.com",
                                                          "avatarUrls":{
                                                                      "16x16":"https://testing.atlassian.net/secure/useravatar?size=small&amp;avatarId=10122",
                                                                      "48x48":"https://testing.atlassian.net/secure/useravatar?avatarId=10122"},
                                                                      "displayName":"Bugs Bunny",
                                                                      "active":true},
                          "customfield_10203":null,
                          "customfield_10205":[{
                                              "self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/user?username=donaldduck%40gmail.com",
                                              "name":"donaldDuck@gmail.com",
                                              "emailAddress":"donaldDuck@gmail.com",
                                              "avatarUrls":{
                                                          "16x16":"https://testing.atlassian.net/secure/useravatar?size=small&amp;ownerId=donaldduck%40gmail.com&amp;avatarId=10202",
                                                          "48x48":"https://testing.atlassian.net/secure/useravatar?ownerId=donaldduckgmail.com&amp;avatarId=10202"},
                                                          "displayName":"Donald Duck","active":true},{
                                              "self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/user?username=daffyduck%40holdemmanager.net",
                                              "name":"DaffyDuck@hotmail.com",
                                              "emailAddress":"DaffyDuck@hotmail.com",
                                              "avatarUrls":{
                                                          "16x16":"https://testing.atlassian.net/secure/useravatar?size=small&amp;ownerId=daffduck%4testing.net&amp;avatarId=10809",
                                                          "48x48":"https://testing.atlassian.net/secure/useravatar?ownerId=daffyduck%40testing.net&amp;avatarId=10809"},
                                                          "displayName":"Daffy Duck","active":true},{
                                              "self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/user?username=wazzy%40gmail.com",
                                              "name":"wazzy@gmail.com",
                                              "emailAddress":"wazzy@gmail.com",
                                              "avatarUrls":{
                                                          "16x16":"https://testing.atlassian.net/secure/useravatar?size=small&amp;ownerId=wazzy%40gmail.com&amp;avatarId=10204",
                                                          "48x48":"https://testing.atlassian.net/secure/useravatar?ownerId=wazzy%40gmail.com&amp;avatarId=10204"},
                                                          "displayName":"wazzy",
                                                          "active":true},
                                              {"self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/user?username=joey%40gmail.com",
                                              "name":"bugsbunny@gmail.com",
                                              "emailAddress":"bugsbunny@gmail.com",
                                              "avatarUrls":{
                                                          "16x16":"https://testing.atlassian.net/secure/useravatar?size=small&amp;avatarId=10122",
                                                          "48x48":"https://testing.atlassian.net/secure/useravatar?avatarId=10122"},
                                                          "displayName":"Bugs Bunny",
                                                          "active":true},
                                              {"self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/user?username=moocowgmail.com",
                                              "name":"moocow@gmail.com",
                                              "emailAddress":"moocow@gmail.com",
                                              "avatarUrls":{
                                                          "16x16":"https://testing.atlassian.net/secure/useravatar?size=small&amp;ownerId=moocow40gmail.com&amp;avatarId=10808",
                                                          "48x48":"https://testing.atlassian.net/secure/useravatar?ownerId=moocow%40gmail.com&amp;avatarId=10808"},
                                                          "displayName":"Moo Cow","active":true}],
                                              "updated":"2012-09-10T14:25:45.000-0600","created":"2012-05-24T13:47:03.000-0600",
                          "customfield_11001":null,
                          "description":"v158 See attached pic.  everything is wrong.",
                          "priority":{
                                              "self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/priority/11",
                                              "iconUrl":"http://dl.dropbox.com/no4.gif",
                                              "name":"4 - Low Priority","id":"11"},
                                              "customfield_11000":null,
                                              "issuelinks":[],
                                              "watches":{
                                                      "self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/bug-4990/watchers",
                                                      "watchCount":6,
                                                      "isWatching":true},
                          "customfield_10600":null,
                          "status":{"self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/status/1",
                          "description":"The issue is open and ready for the assignee to start work on it.",
                          "iconUrl":"https://testing.atlassian.net/images/icons/status_open.gif",
                          "name":"Open","id":"1"},
                          "labels":[],
                          "workratio":-1,
                          "assignee":{
                                              "self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/user?username=igloo",
                                              "name":"igloo",
                                              "emailAddress":"igloo@yahoo.com",
                                              "avatarUrls":{
                                                          "16x16":"https://testing.atlassian.net/secure/useravatar?size=small&amp;ownerId=igloo&amp;avatarId=10800",
                                                          "48x48":"https://testing.atlassian.net/secure/useravatar?ownerId=igloo&amp;avatarId=10800"},
                                                          "displayName":"Igloo",
                                                          "active":true},
                          "customfield_10202":null,
                          "customfield_10200":null,
                          "customfield_10501":null,
                          "customfield_10500":null,
                          "project":{
                                              "self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/project/HM",
                                              "id":"10000",
                                              "key":"bug",
                                              "name":"Bugging out",
                                              "avatarUrls":{
                                                          "16x16":"https://testing.atlassian.net/secure/projectavatar?size=small&amp;pid=10000&amp;avatarId=10200",
                                                          "48x48":"https://testing.atlassian.net/secure/projectavatar?pid=10000&amp;avatarId=10200"}},
                          "customfield_10805":null,
                          "customfield_10700":null,
                          "customfield_10400":null,
                          "customfield_11200":null,
                          "timeestimate":null,
                          "customfield_11201":"Not Started",
                          "lastViewed":null,
                          "customfield_10800":null,
                          "components":[{
                                              "self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/component/10018","id":"10018",
                                              "name":"Graphs"},{
                                                              "self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/component/10200","id":"10200",
                                                              "name":"Hybrid Issues","description":"Issues with graphs"},{
                                                                      "self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/component/10011","id":"10011",
                                                                      "name":"Curoers"}],
                          "customfield_10803":null,
                          "timeoriginalestimate":null,
                          "customfield_10804":null,
                          "customfield_10801":null,
                          "customfield_10900":{"self":"https://testing.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/customFieldOption/10201",
                          "value":"No",
                          "id":"10201"},
                          "customfield_10802":null}}]}
  </code></pre>