src/ConfigurationFactory.php
protected function toArray($data, $type, $format)
    {

        // load the serializer builde
        $serializer = SerializerBuilder::create()->build();

        // deserialize the data, convert it into an array and return it
        return $serializer->toArray($serializer->deserialize($data, $type, $format));
    }
protected function toArray($data, $type, $format)
    {

        // load the serializer builde
        $serializer = SerializerBuilder::create()->build();

        // deserialize the data, convert it into an array and return it
        return $serializer->toArray($serializer->deserialize($data, $type, $format));
    }
Deserializes the data, converts it into an array and returns it.

@param string $data   The data to convert
@param string $type   The object type for the deserialization
@param string $format The data format, either one of JSON, XML or YAML

@return array The data as array