Decode JSON with square brackets

Question

I have tried to decode this json,but no luck,these square brackets are making me confused any help would be appreciated,here is my json

[{"location":[{"building":["Default Building"],"name":"Default Location"}],"name":"Default Organization"}]

Thank you

Answer 1

try this:

var_export( json_decode( '[{"location":[{"building":["Default Building"],"name":"Default Location"}],"name":"Default Organization"}]' )  );

json_decode return array or object . you can print it with var_export not echo

and you can access to values :

$items = json_decode('[{"location":[{"building":["Default Building"],"name":"Default Location"}],"name":"Default Organization"}]');

foreach( $items as $each ){
  echo $each->location[0]->building[0];
  echo '<hr />';
  echo $each->location[0]->name;
  echo '<hr />';
  echo $each->name; // default organization
}