php json decode returns array code example
Example 1: php json_decode
$personJSON = '{"name":"Johny Carson","title":"CTO"}';
$person = json_decode($personJSON);
echo $person->name; // Johny Carson
Example 2: php decode json object
<?php
$json = '{"firstName":"Peter","lastName:":"Silva","age":23}';
$personInfo = json_decode(json);
echo $personInfo->age;
?>
Example 3: php json decode not working on array
//"[{\"name\": \"bill\", \"score\": 0.7948127388954163}, {\"name\": \"john\", \"score\": 0.782698392868042}]";
//for json in above format try this
$r=json_decode(stripcslashes(trim($response,'"')));