php convert json array to php array code example

Example 1: string json format to object in php

<?php
  // JSON string
  $someJSON = '[{"name":"Jonathan Suh","gender":"male"},{"name":"William Philbin","gender":"male"},{"name":"Allison McKinnery","gender":"female"}]';

  // Convert JSON string to Array
  $someArray = json_decode($someJSON, true);
  print_r($someArray);        // Dump all data of the Array
  echo $someArray[0]["name"]; // Access Array data

  // Convert JSON string to Object
  $someObject = json_decode($someJSON);
  print_r($someObject);      // Dump all data of the Object
  echo $someObject[0]->name; // Access Object data
?>

Example 2: php convert array to json object

$myArr = array("apple", "banana", "mango", "jackfruit");

$toJSON = json_encode($myArr);

echo $toJSON;

Example 3: php json encode

$person = array( 
    "name" => "Johny Carson", 
    "title" => "CTO"
); 
$personJSON=json_encode($person);//returns JSON string

Example 4: php convert array to json

{} = json_encode([]);

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