- json_decode: documentation ( source)
<?php
$myArr = "{success:{'id':'success=-message', 'class':'success-message', 'inner-html':'Congratulations! You have been succesfully logged in'},
logout: {'type'='button', 'value'='logout', 'class'='logout-button'},
sessionID: {'type'='hidden', 'name'='sessionID', 'value'=1}}";
//Now you output the json version
echo json_decode( $myArr ,true);