PHP JSON_DECODE
$personJSON = '{"name":"Johny Carson","title":"CTO"}';
$person = json_decode($personJSON);
echo $person->name; // Johny Carson
Grepper
$personJSON = '{"name":"Johny Carson","title":"CTO"}';
$person = json_decode($personJSON);
echo $person->name; // Johny Carson/** Checks if JSON and returns decoded as an array, if not, returns false,
but you can pass the second parameter true, if you need to return
a string in case it's not JSON */
function tryJsonDecode($string, $returnString = false) {
$arr = json_decode($string);
if (json_last_error() === JSON_ERROR_NONE) {
return $arr;
} else {
return ($returnString) ? $string : false;
}
}// Checks if json
function isJson($string) {
json_decode($string);
return json_last_error() === JSON_ERROR_NONE;
}
// example
if (isJson($string) {
// Do your stuff here
}