json_encode() automatically converts array into object

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When I encode an array with json_encode() in PHP, all gets done right till here, but when I decode it back with json_decode(), it gives me stdClass Object instead of an Array. Here is my code:

echo $json=json_encode(array('a'=>1,'b'=>2));
echo '<br>';
print_r(json_decode($json));

// and the result of PHP script is :
{"a":1,"b":2}
// stdClass Object ( [a] => 1 [b] => 2 )

what converts it into object from an array ??

can i pass the json encoded string into url to get data on another page, or there exists any function that can do some url encoding ?

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– Boaz, Commented Mar 11, 2014 at 19:13

Community · Accepted Answer · 2023-11-14 22:25:35Z

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json_decode() needs an extra parameter to decode to an array.

json_decode($json, true)

edited Nov 14, 2023 at 22:25

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answered Mar 11, 2014 at 19:12

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Viral Over a year ago

can i pass the json encoded string into url to get data on another page, or there exists any function that can do some url encoding ?

Anriëtte Myburgh Over a year ago

You would like to use it together, it would work like urlencode((json_decode($json, true)).

Pupil Over a year ago

But, what is a multi-dimensional array of objects is passed? It is converting objects into arrays recursively.

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