How to convert json objects into a PHP array

Question

I want to be able to convert my JSON object into an array is there a built in function in php that allows me to do this?

Here is my json object:

in_userid: "38"
in_email: "user@email.com"
in_firstname: "John"
in_lastname: "Mason"
in_mobilenumber: "00000000000"
in_password: "pass12345"
in_phonenumber: "0000000"

and I want it to look something like this:

Array(
     in_userid => "38",
     in_email => "user@email.com",
     in_firstname => "John",
     in_lastname => "Mason",
     in_mobilenumber => "00000000000",
     in_password => "pass12345",
     in_phonenumber => "0000000",
);

How will I do this?

Answer 1

use json_decode(). It takes a JSON encoded string and converts it into a PHP variable. See the json_decode function in the docs.