Parse JSON Array in php and add values to php array -

i have json object of type:

{     "order": {         "food": "[test 1, test 2, test 0, test 3, test 1, test 3, test 11, test 7, test 9, test 8, test 2]",         "quantity": "[2, 3, 6, 2, 1, 7, 10, 2, 0, 0, 1]"     },     "tag": "neworder" } 

i have used json_decode take values inside food , quantity , store them inside php array, ve tried many approaches no luck. point right way it, or wrong json message??

php json_decode's 2nd argument set true return associative arrays instead of objects.

additionaly, json valid food entry resolves string when using json_decode. in order have array want code snippet work:

<?php $json  = '{"order":{"food":"[test 1, test 2, test 0, test 3, test 1, test 3, test 11, test 7, test 9, test 8, test 2]","quantity":[2,3,6,2,1,7,10,2,0,0,1]},"tag":"neworder"}'; $array = json_decode($json, true);  // fix food array entry $array['order']['food'] = explode(', ', trim($array['order']['food'], '[]'));  print_r($array); 

this way you'll php array manipulate @ will:

array (     [order] => array         (             [food] => array                 (                     [0] => test 1                     [1] => test 2                     [2] => test 0                     [3] => test 3                     [4] => test 1                     [5] => test 3                     [6] => test 11                     [7] => test 7                     [8] => test 9                     [9] => test 8                     [10] => test 2                 )              [quantity] => array                 (                     [0] => 2                     [1] => 3                     [2] => 6                     [3] => 2                     [4] => 1                     [5] => 7                     [6] => 10                     [7] => 2                     [8] => 0                     [9] => 0                     [10] => 1                 )         )     [tag] => neworder )