<?php

$row = array("name" => "Baixo Alentejo", "color" => "#f0e68d");

$nodes['nodes']['name'] = $row['name'];
$nodes['nodes']['color'] = $row['color'];

$nodeEncode = json_encode($nodes); 
$nodeDecode = json_decode($nodeEncode);

echo "json_encode \n";
var_dump($nodeEncode);

echo "json_decode \n";
foreach ($nodeDecode as $node){
	echo $node->name . "\n";
	echo $node->color . "\n";
}