your string is NOT a valid json to start with.
a valid json will be,
{
"area": [
{
"area": "kothrud"
},
{
"area": "katraj"
}
]
}
if you do a json_decode
, it will yield,
stdClass Object
(
[area] => Array
(
[0] => stdClass Object
(
[area] => kothrud
)
[1] => stdClass Object
(
[area] => katraj
)
)
)
Update: to use
$string = '
{
"area": [
{
"area": "kothrud"
},
{
"area": "katraj"
}
]
}
';
$area = json_decode($string, true);
foreach($area['area'] as $i => $v)
{
echo $v['area'].'<br/>';
}
Output:
kothrud
katraj
Update #2:
for that true
:
When TRUE, returned objects will be converted into associative arrays. for more information, click here