string json format to object in php
<?php
// JSON string
$someJSON = '[{"name":"Jonathan Suh","gender":"male"},{"name":"William Philbin","gender":"male"},{"name":"Allison McKinnery","gender":"female"}]';
// Convert JSON string to Array
$someArray = json_decode($someJSON, true);
print_r($someArray); // Dump all data of the Array
echo $someArray[0]["name"]; // Access Array data
// Convert JSON string to Object
$someObject = json_decode($someJSON);
print_r($someObject); // Dump all data of the Object
echo $someObject[0]->name; // Access Object data
?>