Stripping a JSON of extra characters in PHP

[email protected] (The Doctor) Wed, 1 Feb 2023 15:45:22 -0000 (UTC)
Newsgroups comp.lang.php
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From https://developer.moneris.com/livedemo/checkout/preload_req/guide/dotnet

I need a JSON as follows:

{
	"store_id":"moneris",
	"api_token":"hurgle",
	    "checkout_id":"chkt5BF66neris",
		"txn_total":"452.00",
		    "environment":"qa",
			"action":"preload",
			    "token": [
				{
					"data_key": "abc123datakey1",
						"issuer_id": "645sddfvdrt4tefd"
						    },
							{
								"data_key": "abc123datakey2",
									"issuer_id": "645sddfvdrt4tefd"
									    },
										{
											"data_key": "abc123datakey3",
												"issuer_id": "645sddfvdrt4tefd"
												    }
													],
													    "ask_cvv":"Y"
														"order_no":"",
														    "cust_id":"chkt - cust - 0303",
															"dynamic_descriptor":"dyndesc",
															    "language":"en",
																"recur":{
																	"bill_now":"true",
																		"recur_amount":"1.00",
																			"start_date":"2021-11-21",
																				"recur_unit":"month",
																					"recur_period":"1",
																						"number_of_recurs":"10"
																						    },
																							"cart":{
																								"items":[
																									    {
																											    "url":"https:\/\/example.com\/examples\/item1.jpg",
																													    "description":"One item",
																															    "product_code":"one_item",
																																	    "unit_cost":"100.00",
																																			    "quantity":"1"
																																					},
																																						    {
																																								    "url":"https:\/\/example.com\/examples\/item2.jpg",
																																										    "description":"Two item",
																																												    "product_code":"two_item",
																																														    "unit_cost":"200.00",
																																																    "quantity":"1"
																																																		},
																																																			    {
																																																					    "url":"https:\/\/example.com\/examples\/item3.jpg",
																																																							    "description":"Three item",
																																																									    "product_code":"three_item",
																																																											    "unit_cost":"100.00",
																																																													    "quantity":"1"
																																																															}
																																																																],
																																																																	"subtotal":"400.00",
																																																																		    "tax":{
																																																																				"amount":"52.00",
																																																																					    "description":"Taxes",
																																																																							"rate":"13.00"
																																																																								}
																																																																								    },
																																																																									"contact_details":{
																																																																										"first_name":"bill",
																																																																											"last_name":"smith",
																																																																												"email":"[email protected]",
																																																																													"phone":"4165551234"
																																																																													    },
																																																																														"shipping_details":{
																																																																															"address_1":"1 main st",
																																																																																"address_2":"Unit 2012",
																																																																																	"city":"Toronto",
																																																																																		"province":"ON",
																																																																																			"country":"CA",
																																																																																				"postal_code":"M1M1M1"
																																																																																				    },
																																																																																					"billing_details":{
																																																																																						"address_1":"1 main st",
																																																																																							"address_2":"Unit 2000",
																																																																																								"city":"Toronto",
																																																																																									"province":"ON",
																																																																																										"country":"CA",
																																																																																											"postal_code":"M1M1M1"
																																																																																											    }
																																																																																											    }











But in testng I am getting



[{"store_id":"store3","api_token":"yesguy","checkout_id":"chkt23NGFtore3","txn_total":"126.00","environment":"qa","action":"preload"},[{"cart":[[[{"items":{"url":"https:\/\/www.pdsolutions.ca\/images\/newwhiteheader.png","description":"Agricultural Health Study","product_code":"AHS-1298","unit_cost":60,"quantity":"1"},"subtotal":60,"tax":{"amount":3,"description":"GST","rate":"0.05"}},{"items":{"url":"https:\/\/www.pdsolutions.ca\/images\/newwhiteheader.png","description":"Pesticide Applicator Records","product_code":"PAR-1302","unit_cost":60,"quantity":"1"},"subtotal":60,"tax":{"amount":3,"description":"GST","rate":"0.05"}}]]]}],[{"contact_details":{"first_name":"Dave","last_name":"Yadallee","email":"[email protected]","phone":"7809999999"}}],[{"billing_details":{"address_1":"","city":"","province":"","country":"CA","postal_code":""}}]]

               
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