we can convert JSON string to an array with the help of  json decode() function. This functon accepts the JSON string as the first parameter and a few additional parameters to control the process of converting JSON to PHP array.

we use the json decode() function to convert JSON string to an array in php.

example

<?php

	$json_string = '{"mp": "gwalior", "bhopal": "delhi", "mumbai": "gujrat"}';
			
	  echo "<pre>";
			
	print_r (json_decode($json_string));
			
	echo "</pre>";
			
			
?>

output

stdClass Object
(
    [mp] => gwalior
    [bhopal] => delhi
    [mumbai] => gujrat
)