- json_decode: documentation ( source)
- print_r: documentation ( source)
- array_shift: documentation ( source)
- json_encode: documentation ( source)
<?php
echo $p = json_encode(array('Foo', array('baz' => 14, 45 => 'Bar')));
$s = json_decode($p, true);
echo array_shift($s);
print_r($s);