json_encode/json_decode - returns stdClass instead of Array in PHP

Question

Observe this little script:

$array = array(\'stuff\' => \'things\');
print_r($array);
//prints - Array ( [stuff] => things )
$arrayEncoded = json_encod         


        

Answer 1

    var_dump(json_decode('{"0":0}'));    // output: object(0=>0)
    var_dump(json_decode('[0]'));          //output: [0]

    var_dump(json_decode('{"0":0}', true));//output: [0]
    var_dump(json_decode('[0]', true));    //output: [0]

If you decode the json into array, information will be lost in this situation.