| public json_clean_decode ( string $json, boolean $assoc = false, integer $depth = 512, integer $options ) : string | ||
| $json | string | The json string being decoded |
| $assoc | boolean | When TRUE, returned objects will be converted into associative arrays. |
| $depth | integer | User specified recursion depth. (>=5.3) |
| $options | integer | Bitmask of JSON decode options. (>=5.4) |
| return | string | |
function json_clean_decode($json, $assoc = false, $depth = 512, $options = 0)
{
// search and remove comments like /* */ and //
$json = preg_replace("#(/\\*([^*]|[\r\n]|(\\*+([^*/]|[\r\n])))*\\*+/)|([\\s\t](//).*)#", '', $json);
$json = json_decode($json, $assoc, $depth, $options);
return $json;
}