var_dump on a json_decode variable PHP

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quick question, im doing a var_dump on a json_decode variable in php like this: ``` var_dump(json_decode($some_Variable, true)); ``` And, since $some_Variable is quite a long json string, it shows up like this in my browser: ``` array (size=10) 0 => array (size=14) 'gameId' => int 1290161341 'invalid' => boolean false 'gameMode' => string 'CLASSIC' (length=7) 'gameType' => string 'MATCHED_GAME' (length=12) 'subType' => string 'RANKED_SOLO_5x5' (length=15) 'mapId' => int 1 'teamId' => int 200 'championId' => int 55 'spell1' => int 4 'spell2' => int 14 'level' => int 30 'createDate' => float 1390601626963 'fellowPlayers' => array (size=9) ... 'statistics' => array (size=44) ... 1 => array (size=14) 'gameId' => int 1291665162 'invalid' => boolean false 'gameMode' => string 'CLASSIC' (length=7) 'gameType' => string 'MATCHED_GAME' (length=12) 'subType' => string 'RANKED_SOLO_5x5' (length=15) 'mapId' => int 1 'teamId' => int 200 'championId' => int 236 'spell1' => int 4 'spell2' => int 21 '…

Accepted Answer

Since `json_decode` returns an array, try

```
$arJson = json_decode( $strJson, true );
var_dump( $arJson[ 0 ] );
```

Since you are printing each element, there is chance that the result may not be obfuscated.

var_dump on a json_decode variable PHP

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