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

Why not decode the whole JSON string and then get what you need?

$address = '{"addresses":{"address":[{"@array":"true","@id":"888888","@uri":"xyz","household":{"@id":"44444","@uri":"xyz"},"person":{"@id":"","@uri":""},"addressType":{"@id":"1","@uri":"xyz","name":"Primary"},"address1":"xyz","address2":null,"address3":null,"city":"xyz","postalCode":"111111"}]}}';
$results = json_decode($address, true);
$address = $results['addresses']['address'][0];
print $address['address1'];
print $address['address2'];
print $address['postalCode'];