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how to decode this JSON string?

When fetching data from another site I get this

{"user_id":"908508","item_id":"341","quantity":"3","status":"0"}

sometimes theres more fields, sometimes there’s less

how can I turn this into an array

"name" => "X"

Answer 1

try this:

$url = "http://...";
$json = file_get_contents($url);
$array = json_decode($json, TRUE /** forces to decode into PHP array */);

print_r($array);