Parse JSON string contents into PHP Array

Question

I am trying to parse a string in JSON, but not sure how to go about this. This is an example of the string I am trying to parse into a PHP array.

$json = \'{         


        

Answer 1

You can use json_decode()

$json = '{"id":1,"name":"foo","email":"foo@test.com"}';  

$object = json_decode($json);

Output: 
    {#775 ▼
      +"id": 1
      +"name": "foo"
      +"email": "foo@test.com"
    }

How to use: $object->id //1

$array = json_decode($json, true /*[bool $assoc = false]*/);

Output:
    array:3 [▼
      "id" => 1
      "name" => "foo"
      "email" => "foo@test.com"
    ]

How to use: $array['id'] //1