php json decode with variables that contains dashes?

Question

{"general":{
 "round-corner":"0",
 "border-stroke":"2",
 "background-color":"#ffffff"
 }
}

I have this json string, I know that php variable names doesn't support dashes. So what to do in this case ?

Answer 1

You can use an array format like this. Hyphened keys will work.

<?php

$json = '{"general":{
 "round-corner":"0",
 "border-stroke":"2",
 "background-color":"#ffffff"
 }
}';

$array = json_decode($json, true);

echo $array['general']['border-stroke']; // prints 2

?>