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JSON to PHP Array Converter
Paste JSON and get a PHP array literal in modern short [] syntax, ready to paste into your code.
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Examples & Use Cases
- Before:
Wrapping the JSON in json_decode('...', true) with the quoting escaped by hand, which is fiddly and re-parses the string on every run.
- After:
A plain PHP array literal with the same structure, which reads better in a diff and costs nothing at runtime.
Particularly useful for Laravel seeders and PHPUnit data providers.
An API sample becoming a PHP fixture
You have JSON from the API docs and you need it as a PHP value in a test or a seeder.
Frequently Asked Questions
json_decode() gives you a value at runtime. This gives you the literal to write into your source - handy for a config file, a fixture, a seeder or a default value where you do not want to parse a string every time the file loads.