Convert a Hashmap string into an array using PHP

Question

I am using an API which returns data as a string in the following format:

{"domain.com":{"status":"available","classkey":"domcno"}}

I want to put this result in to a multi-dimensional PHP array, but since the input is a string, I can't think of a convenient way to convert this.

Is there a function that can automatically parse this data into an array as desired?

Same solution, but a JSON file is not quite the same as a Hashmap. I couldn't find a duplicate by searching by what I thought I was looking for, so if nothing else the wording of this question will be useful to others. — user1832464
– user1832464, Commented Apr 8, 2014 at 15:07
@monkeymatrix: Does the API explicitly state that the format of the data is a (serialized) hashmap rather than JSON? — BoltClock
– BoltClock, Commented Apr 8, 2014 at 15:13
Interesting. Maybe it's because the data that's returned doesn't necessarily conform to the JSON spec (hence, not be JSON). You'll probably be able to json_decode() it most of the time as others have said, but you should still be careful. — BoltClock
– BoltClock, Commented Apr 8, 2014 at 15:22

AbraCadaver · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-11 17:36:47Z

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That's JSON, simple enough:

$array = json_decode($string, true);

Yields:

Array
(
    [domain.com] => Array
        (
            [status] => available
            [classkey] => domcno
        )

)

answered Apr 8, 2014 at 14:51

AbraCadaver

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Thank you! Seems obvious now.

Abhik Chakraborty · Accepted Answer · 2014-04-08 14:52:24Z

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$j = '{"domain.com":{"status":"available","classkey":"domcno"}}';
$d = json_decode($j,true);

print_r($d);

answered Apr 8, 2014 at 14:52

Abhik Chakraborty

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