json_decode ? Decodes a JSON string
json_decode function takes json encoded straing and converted to php variable. this function works only for UTF-8 encoded string. for Example check the below code
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<?php $json = '{"v1":1,"v2":2,"v3":3,"v4":4,"v5":5}'; var_dump(json_decode($json)); var_dump(json_decode($json, true)); ?> |
object(stdClass)#1 (5) { [“v1”]=> int(1) [“v2”]=> int(2) [“v3”]=> int(3) [“v4”]=> int(4) [“v5”]=> int(5) } array(5) { [“v1”]=> int(1) [“v2”]=> int(2) [“v3”]=> int(3) [“v4”]=> int(4) [“v5”]=> int(5) }