PHP string to array

Question

I have a string that when I var_dump returns the following

string(20) "{\"key1\":\"key1_value",\"key2\":\"key2_value\"}"

How can I convert that into an array that will return the following when I var_dump?

array(2) { ["key1"]=>  string(20) "key1_value" ["key2"]=>  string(20) "key2_value" }

Thanks,
Tee

Sander Marechal · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-30 19:59:16Z

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It looks like a simple JSON array that got mangled by PHP's magic_quotes or some other escaping function. Turn off magic_quotes and run json_decode() on the string.

// If you cannot disable `magic_quotes` or you escaped it manually, use this
$array = json_decode(stripslashes($strings), true);

edited Mar 30, 2011 at 19:59

answered Mar 30, 2011 at 19:20

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teepusink Over a year ago

Thanks Sander, that works. I was just doing json_decode without the stripslases which was the issue. Also I actually needs to convert that into an array since what you recommended returned an StdObject. So actual code I used is (array) json_decode(stripslashes($strings));

teepusink Over a year ago

Actually what David L.-Pratte recommends by setting second parameter to true in the json_decode works too. So json_decode(stripslashes($strings), true);

Sander Marechal Over a year ago

Ah, yes. Of course. I have edited my answer for future reference.

David Pratte · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-30 19:19:36Z

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What you have as data looks like valid JSON. You probably can use json_decode with the second parameter to true (to get an associative array) like this:

$array = json_decode($string, true);

answered Mar 30, 2011 at 19:19

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k to the z · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-30 19:18:57Z

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The explode function will get you what you need.

answered Mar 30, 2011 at 19:18

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Winfield Trail · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-30 19:19:41Z

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explode(',\\',$string);

should do the trick.

answered Mar 30, 2011 at 19:19

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gen_Eric Over a year ago

He needs explode. implode turns an array into a string.

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