Convert string like this to php array?

Question

I want to convert a string like this code below to array, How can I do this plz?

$icon = '{``font``:``feather``,``icon``:``feather-facebook``}';

Is there any way by using json_decode or something like this?

Thanks.

• Michel: str_replace() the double backtics with a quote.

Answer 1

1. The input string is not proper json format
2. When you correct json syntax then you can just json_decode it

 $icon = '{"font":"feather","icon":"feather-facebook"}';
 $array = json_decode($icon);
 var_dump($array);