convert from string to array and display in php-CodePudding

I have this string

$search_data = '{"Search Engine":"High Schools","Population":300,"Avg GPA":"3.2","Graduation Rate":"98%"}';
$data = explode(",", $search_data);
$display_data = "<br/>";
foreach($data as $item){
    $display_data .= "<span>$item</span><br/>";
}
echo $display_data;

What is echoed looks like this:

{"Search Engine":"High Schools"
"Population":300
"Avg GPA:"3.2"
"Graduation Rate":"98%"}

How can i properly format this so the displayed text looks like this:

Search Engine: High Schools
Population : 300
Avg GPA: 3.2
Graduation Rate: 98%

Any helpful tips will be appreciated - Thanks!

CodePudding user response：

As the data is JSON you can just decode it to an assocative array. Then foreach over to print each key and value.

$search_data = '{"Search Engine":"High Schools","Population":300,"Avg GPA":"3.2","Graduation Rate":"98%"}';

foreach (json_decode($search_data, true) as $key => $value) {
    echo "$key: $value\n";
}

Output

Search Engine: High Schools
Population: 300
Avg GPA: 3.2
Graduation Rate: 98%