How to decode an array of json objects

Question

I have an array of json objects like so:

[{\"a\":\"b\"},{\"c\":\"d\"},{\"e\":\"f\"}]

What is the best way to turn this into a php array?

Answer 1

$array = '[{"a":"b"},{"c":"d"},{"e":"f"}]';
print_r(json_decode($array, true));

Read the manual - parameters for the json_decode method are clearly defined: http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.json-decode.php