code: public static function decode($string, $asArray)
      {
          if (version_compare(PHP_VERSION, '5.4.0', '>=') && !(defined('JSON_C_VERSION') && PHP_INT_SIZE > 4)) {
              return json_decode($string, $asArray, 512, JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING);
          }
  
          return json_decode($string, $asArray);
      }
docs: Decodes a JSON string to stdObject or associative array
  
  @param string $string
  @param bool   $asArray
  
  @return array|object