Load a JSON string into a data structure.
Also, create a new data structure and serialize it into JSON.

Use objects and arrays (as appropriate for your language)
and make sure your JSON is valid (https://jsonformatter.org).

<?php
$data = json_decode('{ "foo": 1, "bar": [10, "apples"] }'); // dictionaries will be returned as objects
$data2 = json_decode('{ "foo": 1, "bar": [10, "apples"] }', true); // dictionaries will be returned as arrays
 
$sample = array( "blue" => array(1,2), "ocean" => "water" );
$json_string = json_encode($sample);
?>