extract extra field value using php

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Parse Json in php

Im having a problem regarding this extra field value from joomla which I filtered from db. any help how to accomplish this? I need to split this {"id":"18","value":"3:00pm-6:00pm"} ang get only the value 3:00pm-6:00pm

any help would be appreciated thanks in advance ..

Answer 1

That's JSON. Use json_decode() to get the values.

$json = json_decode('{"id":"18","value":"3:00pm-6:00pm"}');
echo $json['value'];