title: PHP json_decode returns int(1)
body: <p>I'm having some trouble accessing a json string - <a href="http://littleloans.co.za/test.php?idno=62393593366" rel="nofollow">Demo Link</a></p>
  
  <pre><code>  //PHP CODE 
  $json = curl_exec($ch); 
  $json = json_decode($json, true);
  var_dump($json);
  
    // RESULTS
  @{"error":"Bank account validation failed.","error_type":null,"code":400}
  int(1)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Any help would be highly appreciated!</p>