How to make an array of this string?

Question

I have a string like this:

$str = '"list":["test 1","test 2"]';

How to make an array:

$arr['list'] = array('test 1','test 2');

?

anubhava · Accepted Answer · 2013-07-27 06:33:53Z

3

Make it a valid JSON string and use json_decode function like this:

$str = '"list":["test 1","test 2"]';
$arr = json_decode('{' . $str . '}', true);
print_r($arr);

OUTPUT:

Array
(
    [list] => Array
        (
            [0] => test 1
            [1] => test 2
        )
)

answered Jul 27, 2013 at 6:33

anubhava

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