Error "Cannot use object of stdClass as array" when working with JSON in PHP

Hello everyone! I'm a beginner in PHP and have been struggling with an error for hours that I just can't fix. I'm writing a script that receives data from an external API in JSON format. I use `json_decode()` to convert the response into an array, but when I try to access elements using square brackets, PHP throws a fatal error: "Cannot use object of type stdClass as array". Here's my code: ```php $json = '{"name": "Ivan", "age": 30, "city": "Moscow"}'; $data = json_decode($json); echo $data['name']; // Error here! ``` I thought that `json_decode()` returns an array by default, but it turns out that's not the case. I tried reading the documentation, but there are many unfamiliar terms. Please advise how to properly access data after decoding JSON? Why does PHP complain? And how to make