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<?php function noBigInt($json) { $max_int_length = strlen((string) PHP_INT_MAX) - 1; return preg_replace('/:\s*(-?\d{'.$max_int_length.',})/', ': "$1"', $json); } $json = '{"string":"3 Little Pigs"}'; var_dump(json_decode(noBigInt($json),JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK));
Output for 5.4.0 - 5.4.45, 5.5.0 - 5.5.38, 5.6.0 - 5.6.38, 7.0.0 - 7.0.33, 7.1.0 - 7.1.25, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.0 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.28, 8.2.0 - 8.2.18, 8.3.0 - 8.3.6
array(1) { ["string"]=> string(13) "3 Little Pigs" }

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