1$personJSON = '{"name":"Johny Carson","title":"CTO"}';
2
3$person = json_decode($personJSON);
4
5echo $person->name; // Johny Carson
1//"[{\"name\": \"bill\", \"score\": 0.7948127388954163}, {\"name\": \"john\", \"score\": 0.782698392868042}]";
2//for json in above format try this
3$r=json_decode(stripcslashes(trim($response,'"')));