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How to convert a string to JSON object in PHP

You can use the json_decode function in PHP to convert a JSON string into a PHP object.

To convert a string to a JSON object in PHP, you can use the json_decode function. This function takes a JSON string as its input and returns a PHP object or associative array with the same data.

Here is an example of how you can use json_decode to convert a JSON string to an object:

How to convert a string to a JSON object in PHP?

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You can also pass a second argument to json_decode to convert the JSON string into an associative array:

How to convert a string to a JSON object in PHP using json_decode() function?

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