Coverting string variable to array

Question

when run var_dump($myVariable) I have this string, this variable is not json :

string(13) "['1','2','3']"

but I want have this:

array(3) { [0]=> string(1) "1" [1]=> string(1) "2" [2]=> string(1) "3" }

how can I convert $myVariable to second format

Possible duplicate of [Handling data in a PHP JSON Object](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/263392/handling-data-in-a-php-json-object) — Calimero, Sep 22 '17 at 14:22
@Calimero no that not json,that is array created in foreach but when export it, its return string inseted array — nima amiri, Sep 22 '17 at 14:28
@Shahrukh have you seen any `{}` in my result!! thats not json — nima amiri, Sep 22 '17 at 14:30
It doesn't have to have curly braces to be JSON, but the single quotes do mean that it isn't. — Don't Panic, Sep 22 '17 at 14:37

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 22 '17 at 14:36

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If the string you are converting is consistent, the following isn't tested, but you can do something like the following:

$string = "['1','2','3']";
$string = str_replace(['[','\'',']'], '', $string);
$array = explode(',', $string);

answered Sep 22 '17 at 14:36

user3720435

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