Answers for "json decode php not working"

php json_decode

$personJSON = '{"name":"Johny Carson","title":"CTO"}';

$person = json_decode($personJSON);

echo $person->name; // Johny Carson

php decode json file

$json = json_decode(file_get_contents('/path/to/your/file.json'));

php json decoding as string incorrectly

//"[{\"name\": \"bill\", \"score\": 0.7948127388954163}, {\"name\": \"john\", \"score\": 0.782698392868042}]";
//for json in above format try this
$r=json_decode(stripcslashes(trim($response,'"')));

php json decode

$obj = json_decode("{string:'string'}");