Question

How to decode a JSON string in PHP

Answer 1

$json = '{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3}';

echo "<pre>";
var_dump(json_decode($json));
echo "</pre>";

/*
run: 

object(stdClass)#1 (3) {
  ["a"]=>
  int(1)
  ["b"]=>
  int(2)
  ["c"]=>
  int(3)
}

*/

 

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Answer 2

$json = '{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3}';

echo "<pre>";
var_dump(json_decode($json, true));
echo "</pre>";

/*
run: 

array(3) {
  ["a"]=>
  int(1)
  ["b"]=>
  int(2)
  ["c"]=>
  int(3)
}

*/

 

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