json_decode

Supported Versions: PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL json >= 1.2.0
Decodes a JSON string
<?php json_decode(    string $json,    ?bool $associative = null,    int $depth = 512,    int $flags = 0): mixed
<?php         $jsonAsArray = json_decode($contents, true) ?: [];



        return self::$instance = new self(

            $jsonAsArray['ignore']['words'] ?? [],