Converting a stringified json structure to PHP array

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I'm saving a cookie with json data. Example of echo $_COOKIE['data']

[{\"date\":1355249777,\"title\":\"junior\"},{\"date\":1355249747,\"title\":\"christopher\"},{\"date\":1355249139,\"title\":\"melfi\"},{\"date\":1355249123,\"title\":\"tony\"},{\"date\":1355248876,\"title\":\"carmela\"},{\"date\":1355248859,\"title\":\"meadow\"}]

The data was pure javascript, then passed by JSON.stringify and then stored in the cookie. Now i need to convert it to a php array. I tried a json_decode approach but it returns null. Any ideas? Thanks!

if you use JSON.stringify before passing it to php, json_decode() should be all you need. can we see more of your code? — user428517
– user428517, Commented Dec 11, 2012 at 18:28
I think json_decode is having hard time understanding your current structure because of the slashes. — Praveen Puglia
– Praveen Puglia, Commented Dec 11, 2012 at 18:30
possible duplicate of How to turn off magic quotes on shared hosting? — mario
– mario, Commented Dec 11, 2012 at 18:40
I don't think that really is a duplicate of that other quesiton. — markus
– markus, Commented Dec 11, 2012 at 23:16

GBD · Accepted Answer · 2012-12-11 18:27:33Z

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Try

json_decode(stripslashes($_COOKIE['data']));

answered Dec 11, 2012 at 18:27

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Asif Salahuddin Ghazi Over a year ago

The the square bracket enclosure also needs to be stripped.

GBD Over a year ago

@Lenin i didn't get your point. anyway here is working sample: codepad.org/XX9QD3iX

Andres SK Over a year ago

Yeah, this was the issue. Thanks!

Roy B. xSITE · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-02 18:42:54Z

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a small fix to the answer above (can't comment yet)...

json_decode(stripslashes($_COOKIE['data']),true);

otherwise you may get stdClass error

answered Jun 2, 2016 at 18:42

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