How to Convert JSON to Array in Laravel

This article will teach us how to convert JSON to Array in laravel. I will explain through a simple example converting a JSON object to an Array in laravel.

There are many ways to convert JSON data into an array in a Laravel application. I'll show you how to convert JSON data into an array in 2 easy examples. In the first example, we will use json_decode(), and in the second example, we will use the json() method of the HTTP response. So let's see both examples now:

Using `json_decode()` Method

App\Http\Controllers\UserContoller.php

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
class UserController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function index()
    {
        $jsonUserData = '[
           { "id": 1, "name": "TechvBlogs", "email": "[email protected]"},
           { "id": 2, "name": "Support", "email": "[email protected]"},
           { "id": 3, "name": "SslForWeb", "email": "[email protected]"}
        ]';
 
        $userData = json_decode($jsonData, true);
  
        dd($userData);
    }
}

Output:

array:3 [
  0 => array:3 [
    "id" => 1
    "name" => "TechvBlogs"
    "email" => "[email protected]"
  ]
  1 => array:3 [
    "id" => 2
    "name" => "Support"
    "email" => "[email protected]"
  ]
  2 => array:3 [
    "id" => 3
    "name" => "SslForWeb"
    "email" => "[email protected]"
  ]
]

Using `json()` Method

App\Http\Controllers\UserContoller.php

<?php
  
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
  
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;
 
class UserController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function index()
    {
        $response = Http::get('https://dummyjson.com/users/1');
        $userData = $response->json();
   
        dd($userData);
    }
}

Output:

array:27 [
  "id" => 1
  "firstName" => "Terry"
  "lastName" => "Medhurst"
  "maidenName" => "Smitham"
  "age" => 50
  "gender" => "male"
  "email" => "[email protected]"
  "phone" => "+63 791 675 8914"
  "username" => "atuny0"
  "password" => "9uQFF1Lh"
  "birthDate" => "2000-12-25"
  "image" => "https://robohash.org/hicveldicta.png"
  "bloodGroup" => "A−"
  "height" => 189
  "weight" => 75.4
  "eyeColor" => "Green"
  "hair" => array:2 [
    "color" => "Black"
    "type" => "Strands"
  ]
  "domain" => "slashdot.org"
  "ip" => "117.29.86.254"
  "address" => array:5 [
    "address" => "1745 T Street Southeast"
    "city" => "Washington"
    "coordinates" => array:2 [
      "lat" => 38.867033
      "lng" => -76.979235
    ]
    "postalCode" => "20020"
    "state" => "DC"
  ]
  "macAddress" => "13:69:BA:56:A3:74"
  "university" => "Capitol University"
  "bank" => array:5 [
    "cardExpire" => "06/22"
    "cardNumber" => "50380955204220685"
    "cardType" => "maestro"
    "currency" => "Peso"
    "iban" => "NO17 0695 2754 967"
  ]
  "company" => array:4 [
    "address" => array:5 [
      "address" => "629 Debbie Drive"
      "city" => "Nashville"
      "coordinates" => array:2 [
        "lat" => 36.208114
        "lng" => -86.586212
      ]
      "postalCode" => "37076"
      "state" => "TN"
    ]
    "department" => "Marketing"
    "name" => "Blanda-O'Keefe"
    "title" => "Help Desk Operator"
  ]
  "ein" => "20-9487066"
  "ssn" => "661-64-2976"
  "userAgent" => "Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1) AppleWebKit/534.24 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/12.0.702.0 Safari/534.24"
]

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