.. _JsonHelper-removeCommentsAndDecode:

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JsonHelper::removeCommentsAndDecode()
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\\nn\\t3::JsonHelper()->removeCommentsAndDecode(``$str, $useArray = true``);
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Removes comments from the code and parses the string.

.. code-block:: php

	\Nng\Nnhelpers\Helpers\JsonHelper::removeCommentsAndDecode( "// Comment\n{title:'Test', cat:[2,3,4]}" )

| ``@return array|string``

Source Code
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.. code-block:: php

   
   public static function removeCommentsAndDecode($str, $useArray=true) {
   	$str = preg_replace('/\'([^\']*)(\/\/)([^\']*)\'/', '\'\1\\/\\/\3\'', $str);
   	$str = preg_replace('/"([^"]*)(\/\/)([^"]*)"/', '"\1\\/\\/\3"', $str);
   	$str = (new \Ahc\Json\Comment)->strip($str);
   	$str = str_replace("\\/\\/", '//', $str);
   	return self::decode( $str, $useArray );
   }