parse Javascript json into php -

here json. ia dwr response ( webservice created in java) .

{   key1 : {      date : "today" ,      items : [            {              itemkey1 : "itemvalue1",              itemkey2 : "itemvalue2",            },              {              itemkey1 : "itemvalue1",              itemkey2 : "itemvalue2",            },      ]    } } 

json lint showing error.

if can see key not have "" may that's why can not parse json in php directly. there way oi can parse json , array or directly array.

but when transfor this type of json it. in json lint shows proper json.

{ "key1": {     "date": "today",     "items": [         {             "itemkey1": "itemvalue1",             "itemkey2": "itemvalue2"         },         {             "itemkey1": "itemvalue1",             "itemkey2": "itemvalue2"         }     ]  } } 

so there anyway can trasnfer json second type. dynamically in php

since there no javascript parser build in php , have here javascript , not json, options implement own parser / use existing parser. or wrangle string being json, done regex, though flaky.

for specified example data, do:

<?php $data = json_decode(preg_replace_callback('#(\s+)\s*:#i', function($matches){   return '"'.$matches[1].'" :'; },$str));