Make array from jquery serialized string

Question

I have serialized string for jquery:

[{"id":1},
 {"id":2,"children":[{"id":3}]},
 {"id":4,"children":[{"id":5,"children":[{"id":6,"children":[{"id":7}]}]}]},
 {"id":8},{"id":9},{"id":10}
]

I want to pharse this in PHP to get something like:

 $menu = array(
 array( 'name' => 'Item 1', 'id' => '1' ,'children' => '0'), 
 array( 'name' => 'Item 2', 'id' => '2' ,'children' => '0'), 
 array( 'name' => 'Item 3', 'id' => '3' ,'children' => '2'), 
 array( 'name' => 'Item 4', 'id' => '4' ,'children' => '0'), 
 array( 'name' => 'Item 5', 'id' => '5' ,'children' => '4'), 
 array( 'name' => 'Item 6', 'id' => '6' ,'children' => '5'), 
 array( 'name' => 'Item 7', 'id' => '7' ,'children' => '6'), 
 array( 'name' => 'Item 8', 'id' => '8' ,'children' => '0'), 
 array( 'name' => 'Item 9', 'id' => '9' ,'children' => '0'), 
 array( 'name' => 'Item 10', 'id' => '10','children' => '0'), 
 );

(When children == 0, then this item is root category.)

Many thanks for sugestions. Karlis.

Answer 1

Check out PHP's json_decode function, documentation here.

• Kārlis Millers: Thanks Joseph for answer. About json_decode i know, but in my jquery string is childrens and there need ( i think some recursive functioin? )