json_decode returns json string not an array

Question

<?php

$json=file_get_contents('php://input',true);
$data = json_decode($json, true);

print_r($data);
?>

Output given is {"EventTitle":"Game","EventBody":"body","EventDate":"20 November, 2016","EventType":"party"}

Json Data posted is:

 {"EventTitle":"Game","EventBody":"body","EventDate":"20 November, 2016","EventType":"party"}

Writing the json data in a variable and passing it to json_decode works but posting the same from the "php://input" returns a JSON data instead of associative array.

Yes, It prints this value string(107) ""{\"EventTitle\":\"Game\",\"EventBody\":\"body\",\"EventDate\":\"20 November, 2016\",\"EventType\":\"party\"}"" — Nadir Laskar
– Nadir Laskar, Commented Nov 21, 2016 at 20:12
What happens if you change file_get_contents('php://input',true); to file_get_contents('php://input');? — bassxzero
– bassxzero, Commented Nov 21, 2016 at 20:12
Same Output as before {"EventTitle":"Game","EventBody":"body","EventDate":"20 November, 2016","EventType":"party"} — Nadir Laskar
– Nadir Laskar, Commented Nov 21, 2016 at 20:14

Don't Panic · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-21 20:21:39Z

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It looks like @tkausl is correct. The JSON you're receiving has been double-encoded. Since it's double-encoded, a temporary solution would be to double-decode it.

$data = json_decode(json_decode($json), true);

But the real solution is to figure out why it's like that to begin with and fix it (if it's yours to fix).

answered Nov 21, 2016 at 20:21

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