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<appendix xml:id="json.constants" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 &reftitle.constants;
 &extension.constants;
 <para>
  The following constants indicate the type of error returned by
  <function>json_last_error</function> or stored as the <varname>code</varname>
  of a <classname>JsonException</classname>.
 </para>
 <variablelist>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-error-none">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_ERROR_NONE</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     No error has occurred.
     Available as of PHP 5.3.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-error-depth">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_ERROR_DEPTH</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     The maximum stack depth has been exceeded.
     Available as of PHP 5.3.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-error-state-mismatch">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_ERROR_STATE_MISMATCH</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     Occurs with underflow or with the modes mismatch.
     Available as of PHP 5.3.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-error-ctrl-char">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_ERROR_CTRL_CHAR</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     Control character error, possibly incorrectly encoded.
     Available as of PHP 5.3.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-error-syntax">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_ERROR_SYNTAX</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     Syntax error.
     Available as of PHP 5.3.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-error-utf8">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_ERROR_UTF8</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     Malformed UTF-8 characters, possibly incorrectly encoded.
     Available as of PHP 5.3.3.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-error-recursion">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_ERROR_RECURSION</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     The object or array passed to <function>json_encode</function> include
     recursive references and cannot be encoded.
     If the <constant>JSON_PARTIAL_OUTPUT_ON_ERROR</constant> option was
     given, &null; will be encoded in the place of the recursive reference.
     Available as of PHP 5.5.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-error-inf-or-nan">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_ERROR_INF_OR_NAN</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     The value passed to <function>json_encode</function> includes either
     <link linkend="language.types.float.nan"><constant>NAN</constant></link>
     or <link linkend="function.is-infinite"><constant>INF</constant></link>.
     If the <constant>JSON_PARTIAL_OUTPUT_ON_ERROR</constant> option was
     given, <literal>0</literal> will be encoded in the place of these
     special numbers.
     Available as of PHP 5.5.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-error-unsupported-type">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_ERROR_UNSUPPORTED_TYPE</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     A value of an unsupported type was given to
     <function>json_encode</function>, such as a &resource;.
     If the <constant>JSON_PARTIAL_OUTPUT_ON_ERROR</constant> option was
     given, &null; will be encoded in the place of the unsupported value.
     Available as of PHP 5.5.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-error-invalid-property-name">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_ERROR_INVALID_PROPERTY_NAME</constant>
    (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     A key starting with \u0000 character was in the string passed to
     <function>json_decode</function> when decoding a JSON object into a PHP
     object.
     Available as of PHP 7.0.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-error-utf16">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_ERROR_UTF16</constant>
    (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     Single unpaired UTF-16 surrogate in unicode escape contained in the
     JSON string passed to <function>json_decode</function>.
     Available as of PHP 7.0.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
 </variablelist>

 <para>
  The following constants can be combined to form options for
  <function>json_decode</function>.
 </para>
 <variablelist>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-bigint-as-string">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING</constant>
    (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     Decodes large integers as their original string value.
     Available as of PHP 5.4.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-object-as-array">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_OBJECT_AS_ARRAY</constant>
    (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     Decodes JSON objects as PHP array. This option can be added automatically
     by calling <function>json_decode</function> with the second parameter
     equal to &true;.
     Available as of PHP 5.4.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
 </variablelist>

 <para>
  The following constants can be combined to form options for
  <function>json_encode</function>.
 </para>
 <variablelist>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-hex-tag">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_HEX_TAG</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     All &lt; and &gt; are converted to \u003C and \u003E.
     Available as of PHP 5.3.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-hex-amp">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_HEX_AMP</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     All &amp; are converted to \u0026.
     Available as of PHP 5.3.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-hex-apos">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_HEX_APOS</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     All ' are converted to \u0027.
     Available as of PHP 5.3.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-hex-quot">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_HEX_QUOT</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     All " are converted to \u0022.
     Available as of PHP 5.3.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-force-object">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_FORCE_OBJECT</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     Outputs an object rather than an array when a non-associative array is
     used. Especially useful when the recipient of the output is expecting
     an object and the array is empty.
     Available as of PHP 5.3.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-numeric-check">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     Encodes numeric strings as numbers.
     Available as of PHP 5.3.3.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-pretty-print">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_PRETTY_PRINT</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     Use whitespace in returned data to format it.
     Available as of PHP 5.4.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-unescaped-slashes">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     Don't escape <literal>/</literal>.
     Available as of PHP 5.4.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-unescaped-unicode">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     Encode multibyte Unicode characters literally (default is to escape as
     \uXXXX).
     Available as of PHP 5.4.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-partial-output-on-error">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_PARTIAL_OUTPUT_ON_ERROR</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     Substitute some unencodable values instead of failing.
     Available as of PHP 5.5.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-preserve-zero-fraction">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_PRESERVE_ZERO_FRACTION</constant>
     (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     Ensures that &float; values are always encoded as a float value.
     Available as of PHP 5.6.6.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-unescaped-line-terminators">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_UNESCAPED_LINE_TERMINATORS</constant>
    (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     The line terminators are kept unescaped when
     <constant>JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE</constant> is supplied. It uses the same
     behaviour as it was before PHP 7.1 without this constant.
     Available as of PHP 7.1.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
 </variablelist>

 <para>
  The following constants can be combined to form options for
  <function>json_decode</function> and <function>json_encode</function>.
 </para>
 <variablelist>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-invalid-utf8-ignore">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_INVALID_UTF8_IGNORE</constant>
    (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     Ignore invalid UTF-8 characters.
     Available as of PHP 7.2.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-invalid-utf8-substitute">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_INVALID_UTF8_SUBSTITUTE</constant>
    (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     Convert invalid UTF-8 characters to \0xfffd
     (Unicode Character 'REPLACEMENT CHARACTER')
     Available as of PHP 7.2.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
  <varlistentry xml:id="constant.json-throw-on-error">
   <term>
    <constant>JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR</constant>
    (&integer;)
   </term>
   <listitem>
    <simpara>
     Throws <classname>JsonException</classname> if an error occurs instead 
     of setting the global error state that is retrieved with
     <function>json_last_error</function> and <function>json_last_error_msg</function>. 
     <constant>JSON_PARTIAL_OUTPUT_ON_ERROR</constant> takes precedence over
     <constant>JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR</constant>.
     Available as of PHP 7.3.0.
    </simpara>
   </listitem>
  </varlistentry>
 </variablelist>

</appendix>

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