How to pull the required information from an array of the following type in PHP?

Question

PHP

I send a GET request with direct authorization to the vk.com website via (cURL - PHP) in response I receive the following information

{"access_token":"ghghj345ghg43hghg53h4f4d34d53fgd434kj53i6hk3","expires_in":0,"user_id":2121212}

how to pull ghghj345ghg43hghg53h4f4d34d53fgd434kj53i6hk3 from array or is it not an array?
Are there any options besides preg_match?

Answer 1

$var = json_decode($data);
$need = $var['access_token']; // так в $need окажется ключ

Answer 2

gobananas Dmitry @gobananas
Thank you
Seryozha Achen Seryozha Achen
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