API返回String，需要数组

I am trying to work with the ResellersPanel API and I have managed to get this far with my code:

$result = file_get_contents("https://api.duoservers.com/?auth_username=store-name&auth_password=PasswordHere&section=datacenters&command=get_datacenters");
var_dump($result);

Now for whatever reason, they thought it would be a good idea to return everything as a string rather than json or an array.

I need to know how to convert every result into json or an array. The result of the above code is:

string(1468) " 0 0 56000 steadfast shared semidedicated dedicated vps vps_solusvm london shared semidedicated vps vps_solusvm australia sis_group shared semidedicated vps_solusvm telepoint shared semidedicated vps_solusvm ficolo shared semidedicated vps_solusvm 0.027 s 0.019 s 4605066977 "

How would I convert a string to json? Thank you.

In the documentation it does state that they return an array. So why is it returning a string? I've tried contacting them and they told me to contact a web developer for help.

STILL NO SOLUTION.

You can you the explode() function.

$result = file_get_contents("https://api.duoservers.com/?auth_username=store-name&auth_password=PasswordHere&section=datacenters&command=get_datacenters");

$result = trim($result);
$plans  = explode(" ", $result);
echo $plans[5]; // steadfast
echo $plans[6]; // shared

$result = file_get_contents("https://api.duoservers.com/?auth_username=store-name&auth_password=PasswordHere&section=datacenters&command=get_datacenters");
$jsonData = json_encode(explode(' ', $result));