Convert a Hashmap string into an array using PHP

Question

I am using an API which returns data as a string in the following format:

{"domain.com":{"status":"available","classkey":"domcno"}}

I want to put this result in to a multi-dimensional PHP array, but since the input is a string, I can't think of a convenient way to convert this.

Is there a function that can automatically parse this data into an array as desired?

Same solution, but a JSON file is not quite the same as a Hashmap. I couldn't find a duplicate by searching by what I thought I was looking for, so if nothing else the wording of this question will be useful to others. — , Apr 08 '14 at 15:07
@monkeymatrix: Does the API explicitly state that the format of the data is a (serialized) hashmap rather than JSON? — BoltClock, Apr 08 '14 at 15:13
Interesting. Maybe it's because the data that's returned doesn't *necessarily* conform to the JSON spec (hence, not *be* JSON). You'll probably be able to `json_decode()` it most of the time as others have said, but you should still be careful. — BoltClock, Apr 08 '14 at 15:22

AbraCadaver · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-11T17:36:47.413

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That's JSON, simple enough:

$array = json_decode($string, true);

Yields:

Array
(
    [domain.com] => Array
        (
            [status] => available
            [classkey] => domcno
        )

)

edited May 11 '16 at 17:36

answered Apr 08 '14 at 14:51

AbraCadaver

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 08 '14 at 14:52

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$j = '{"domain.com":{"status":"available","classkey":"domcno"}}';
$d = json_decode($j,true);

print_r($d);

answered Apr 08 '14 at 14:52

Abhik Chakraborty

2 Answers2