- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- json_decode: documentation ( source)
<?php
$sample = <<<'EOT'
{
"movie": {
"genre": [
{
"code": 13025,
"$": "Action"
},
{
"code": 13012,
"$": "Fantastique"
}
]
}
}
EOT;
$var = json_decode($sample, true);
var_dump($var, $var['movie']['genre'][1]['$']);