how i can Convert $_POST in a array?

Question

by using

print_r($_POST);

i am getting data something like this

Array ( [selected_friends] => {"0":"699712136","1":"1622040878","2":"100002980112267"})

how i can use it as array and put it into a array variable like

$a[0] = 699712136;
$a[1] = 1622040878;

and so on.

Answer 1

You could do

$a = json_decode($_POST['selected_friends'], true);