How to decode a JSON string in PHP?

Question

I have a JSON string that looks something like this:

{\"addresses\":{\"address\":[{\"@array\":\"true\",\"@id\":\"888888\",\"@uri\":\"xyz\",\"household\":{\"@         


        

Answer 1

Note that those "@array" and "@id" fields are invalid JSON notation, and technically they lead to unspecified behavior in JSON parsers.