<?php

// your code goes here

$json = '{"area": [
    {
        "area": "kothrud"
    },
    {
        "area": "katraj"
    }
]}';

$area = json_decode($json,TRUE);
$area = $area['area'];

foreach ($area as $val )
{
	echo $val['area'];
	echo '---';	

}