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, Dec 11 '12 at 18:28
I think json_decode is having hard time understanding your current structure because of the slashes. — Praveen Puglia, Dec 11 '12 at 18:30
possible duplicate of [How to turn off magic quotes on shared hosting?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/517008/how-to-turn-off-magic-quotes-on-shared-hosting) — mario, Dec 11 '12 at 18:40
yes, it seems the slashes were interfering with json_decode() — Andres SK, Dec 11 '12 at 19:49
I don't think that really is a duplicate of that other quesiton. — markus, Dec 11 '12 at 23:16

score 25 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 11 '12 at 18:27

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Try

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

answered Dec 11 '12 at 18:27

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The the square bracket enclosure also needs to be stripped. – Lenin Dec 11 '12 at 18:38
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@Lenin i didn't get your point. anyway here is working sample: http://codepad.org/XX9QD3iX – GBD Dec 11 '12 at 18:44
Yeah, this was the issue. Thanks! – Andres SK Dec 11 '12 at 19:49

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 02 '16 at 18:42

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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 02 '16 at 18:42

Roy B. xSITE

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Converting a stringified json structure to PHP array

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