Online PHP editor | refs for GQhTO

<?php $string = '{\n \"long_format\":{\n \"date\":\"DD/MM/YYYY\",\n \"time\":\"H:mm:ss\",\n \"date_time\":\"DD/MM/YYYY H:mm:ss\"\n },\n \"short_format\":{\n \"date\":\"DD/MM/YY\",\n \"time\":\"hh:mm:ss A\",\n \"date_time\":\"DD/MM/YY hh:mm:ss A\"\n }\n}'; $string = preg_replace(array('/\\\\n\s+/m','/\\\\n/m','/\\\\"/m'), array('','','"'), $string); print_r(json_decode($string,true));