json decode in php

Question

I have the following json string and I want to retrieve just the email address from it. How do I do it in php?

{\"communications\":{\"communication\":[{\"@a         


        

Answer 1

You could use json_decode(). Your example string there is a bit complicated for me to think about right now, but as an example of my own:

$json = '{"a":"apples","b":["bananas","boysenberries"],"c":"carrots"}';

$arr = json_decode($json);
echo $arr['a']; // "apples"
echo $arr['b'][0]; // "bananas"