php json_decode
$personJSON = '{"name":"Johny Carson","title":"CTO"}';
$person = json_decode($personJSON);
echo $person->name; // Johny Carson
Grepper
$personJSON = '{"name":"Johny Carson","title":"CTO"}';
$person = json_decode($personJSON);
echo $person->name; // Johny Carson
$json = json_decode(file_get_contents('/path/to/your/file.json'));
$json = file_get_contents('http://api.geonames.org/findNearbyPlaceNameJSON?lat=51.9877644&lng=-1.47866&username=demo');
$data = json_decode($json,true);
$Geonames = $data['geonames'][0];
echo "<pre>";
print_r($Geonames);
exit;
//"[{\"name\": \"bill\", \"score\": 0.7948127388954163}, {\"name\": \"john\", \"score\": 0.782698392868042}]";
//for json in above format try this
$r=json_decode(stripcslashes(trim($response,'"')));
<?php
$json = '{"firstName":"Peter","lastName:":"Silva","age":23}';
$personInfo = json_decode(json);
echo $personInfo->age;
?>