Getting an array result from json_decode

Question

How do I get an array as a result from json_decode()?

I had an array like this:

$array = array(
  \'mod_status\' => \'yes\',
  \'mod_         


        

Answer 1

If you only use that data in PHP I recommend using serialize and unserialize instead or else you'll never be able to differentiate between objects and associative arrays, because the object class information is lost when encoding to JSON.

1, 'b'=>2);
$y = new myClass;
$y->a = 1;
$y->b = 2;
echo json_encode($x), "\n", json_encode($y); // identical
echo "\n", serialize($x), "\n", serialize($y); // not identical
?>

Run it.