alternative to json_decode before PHP 5.2

Is there a simple alternative to using json_decode function in php versi开发者_运维技巧ons prior to 5.2? I am feeling lazy at this time of night and can't be bothered to update php yet. Cheers.

You can find six alternatives at json.org

The comments for json_decode() include a few possible solutions.

Here's one that decodes by itself (though you shouldn't use it since it uses eval()! Oops.), and here's one that uses a PEAR module.

http://mike.teczno.com/JSON/JSON.phps