Question

I am trying to convert json to a variable without using json_decode.

For Example:

$json = '{
    "username": "username",
    "password": "pass",
    "movies": [
        {
            "a": "xx",
            "b": "xx",
            "c": "xx",
            "d": 1,
            "e": 2
        }
    ]
}';

I have tried to convert this into array:

    $post = array(
           'username' => 'username',
           'passsword' => 'pass',
           'movies' => (object) array(
             'a' => 'xx',
             'b' => 'xx',
             "c" => 1,
             "d" => 2
           )
    );
echo json_encode($post);

As you can see it does not match movies block. movies is an object. What I am doing wrong?

Answer 1

‘movies’ is an array of objects:

$post = array(
    'username' => 'username',
    'passsword' => 'pass',
    'movies' => array(
        (object) array(
            'a' => 'xx',
            'b' => 'xx',
            'c' => 1,
            'd' => 2.
        )
    )
);

But why don’t you want to use json_decode()?