Which type of array is that ? I need to read this in php

Question

For a project, I need to read this type of object but it is impossible for me to find which type it is. Any idea ?

{"variation"=>[{"accommodationType"=>"test" }]}

First I thought of JSON but we don't use => in JSON, and after i need to read this object with PHP.

@El_Vanja Yep, it's a string, i receive that from a XML file. — Julien Martin, Jan 12 '21 at 10:31
@T.J.Crowder of course is not JSON, but i cannot find which type is :'( — Julien Martin, Jan 12 '21 at 10:32
I am not familiar with a format of this sort, but based on this small sample, I'd say replacing `=>` with `:` would make it JSON and then you could proceed processing it as such. — El_Vanja, Jan 12 '21 at 10:33
@El_Vanja Yep you right, I'm just curious about this type of object ! — Julien Martin, Jan 12 '21 at 10:35
It doesn't have to be a general type of an object. Maybe the developer of that XML file decided to create a customization from some reason. — Ofir Baruch, Jan 12 '21 at 10:43
I would suggest you to just replace `=` into `:` and parse as simple json — Urmat Zhenaliev, Jan 12 '21 at 10:48

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 12 '21 at 11:54

As suggested in the comments, the => can be replaced by : and then json_encode() can be used.

$input = '{"variation"=>[{"accommodationType"=>"test" }]}';
$obj = json_decode(str_replace('=>',':',$input));

var_export($obj);

Result:

(object) array(
   'variation' => 
  array (
    0 => 
    (object) array(
       'accommodationType' => 'test',
    ),
  ),
)

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