$json_string = '{"id":1,"name":"foo","email":"foo@foobar.com","interest":["wordpress","php"]} '; $obj = json_decode($json_string); echo $obj->name; //prints foo echo $obj->interest[1]; //prints php <?php $json = '{"id":1,"name":"foo","interest":["wordpress","php"]} '; $obj = json_decode($json); echo $obj->interest[1]; //prints php ?>