parsing - how to parse a list returned by a link using php -

i have link : 'http://www.domainname.com/employee=name' when put on browser return output: ["steve", "charles", "micheal"] how curl link using php

thanks,

$curl = curl_init(); curl_setopt ($curl, curlopt_url, "$url"); $answer=curl_exec ($curl); curl_close ($curl);