Handling JSON like a boss in PHP

[aegkaluk]

Ref: http://nitschinger.at/Handling-JSON-like-a-boss-in-PHP

Code: [Select]

<?php
// Returns: ["Apple","Banana","Pear"]
json_encode(array("Apple", "Banana", "Pear"));
 
// Returns: {"4":"four","8":"eight"}
json_encode(array(4 => "four", 8 => "eight"));
 
// Returns: {"apples":true,"bananas":null}
json_encode(array("apples" => true, "bananas" => null));
?>

Code: [Select]

<?php
$string = '{"foo": "bar", "cool": "attr"}';
$result = json_decode($string);
 
// Result: object(stdClass)#1 (2) { ["foo"]=> string(3) "bar" ["cool"]=> string(4) "attr" }
var_dump($result);
 
// Prints "bar"
echo $result->foo;
 
// Prints "attr"
echo $result->cool;
?>