<?php $request = (object) [ 'option_1' => 'A', 'option_2' => 'B', 'option_3' => 'C', 'option_4' => 'D', ]; $i=4; $request->{'option_' . $i} = 'something';
Standard input is empty
object(stdClass)#1 (4) { ["option_1"]=> string(1) "A" ["option_2"]=> string(1) "B" ["option_3"]=> string(1) "C" ["option_4"]=> string(9) "something" }