What is the process for changing a string with array-like structure into PHP array format?

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To change a string with an array-like structure into PHP array format, you need to use the json_decode() function in PHP. This function takes in a JSON string and converts it into a PHP array.

Here is an example:

$string = '{"name": "John", "age": 30, "city": "New York"}';

$phpArray = json_decode($string, true);

print_r($phpArray);

Output:

Array
(
    [name] => John
    [age] => 30
    [city] => New York
)

Note that the second parameter of json_decode() is set to true. This tells the function to return an associative array instead of an object.