How to convert JSON string to array

Question

What I want to do is the following:

1. taking JSON as input from text area in php
2. use this input and convert it to JSON and pass it to php curl to send

Answer 1

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$jsonstr = json_decode($str, true);
print_r($jsonstr);

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i think this should Work, its just that the Keys should also be in double quotes if they are not numerals.