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<?php

  class Emp 
  {

    public $name = "";
    public $hobbies = "";
    public $birthdate = "";

  }


  $e = new Emp();

  $e->name = "sachin";
  $e->hobbies = "sports";

  $e->birthdate = date('m/d/Y h:i:s a', "8/5/1974 12:20:03 p");

  echo json_encode($e);


?>

<?php

  $json = 
  '{

    "a":1,
    "b":2,
    "c":3,
    "d":4,
    "e":5

  }';


  var_dump
    (json_decode
      ($json));

  var_dump
    (json_decode
      ($json, true));


?>