index

data/people.php

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+<?php
+    include 'models/person.php';
+    $people = array();
+
+    $people[] = new Person('joni', 52);
+    $people[] = new Person('bob', 34);
+    $people[] = new Person('sally', 21);
+    $people[] = new Person('matt', 37);
+?>

index.php

@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 <?php
-    class Person {
+    include 'data/people.php';
-        public $name;
-        public $age;
-    }
 
-    $me = new Person();
+    echo json_encode($people);
-    $me->name = 'Matt';
-    $me->age = 37;
-
-    echo json_encode($me);
 ?>

models/person.php

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+<?
+class Person {
+    public $name;
+    public $age;
+    public function __construct($name, $age) {
+        $this->name = $name;
+        $this->age = $age;
+    }
+}
+?>