title: How to decode an array of json objects
body: <p>I have an array of json objects like so:</p>
  
  <p><code>[{"a":"b"},{"c":"d"},{"e":"f"}]</code></p>
  
  <p>What is the best way to turn this into a php array?</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://php.net/json_decode" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><code>json_decode</code></a> will not handle the array part and returns <code>NULL</code> for this string.</p>