json_encode
Returns the JSON representation of a value
&reftitle.description;
stringjson_encode
mixedvalue
intoptions0
Returns a string containing the JSON representation of
value.
&reftitle.parameters;
value
The value being encoded. Can be any type except
a resource.
This function only works with UTF-8 encoded data.
options
Bitmask consisting of JSON_HEX_QUOT,
JSON_HEX_TAG,
JSON_HEX_AMP,
JSON_HEX_APOS,
JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK,
JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING,
JSON_PRETTY_PRINT,
JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES,
JSON_FORCE_OBJECT,
JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE.
&reftitle.returnvalues;
Returns a JSON encoded string on success.
&reftitle.changelog;
&Version;
&Description;
5.4.0
JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES, and JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE options were added.
5.3.3
JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK option was added.
5.3.0
The options parameter was added.
&reftitle.examples;
A <function>json_encode</function> example
1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3, 'd' => 4, 'e' => 5);
echo json_encode($arr);
?>
]]>
&example.outputs;
A <function>json_encode</function> example showing all the options in action
',"'bar'",'"baz"','&blong&', "\xc3\xa9");
echo "Normal: ", json_encode($a), "\n";
echo "Tags: ", json_encode($a, JSON_HEX_TAG), "\n";
echo "Apos: ", json_encode($a, JSON_HEX_APOS), "\n";
echo "Quot: ", json_encode($a, JSON_HEX_QUOT), "\n";
echo "Amp: ", json_encode($a, JSON_HEX_AMP), "\n";
echo "Unicode: ", json_encode($a, JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE), "\n";
echo "All: ", json_encode($a, JSON_HEX_TAG | JSON_HEX_APOS | JSON_HEX_QUOT | JSON_HEX_AMP | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE), "\n\n";
$b = array();
echo "Empty array output as array: ", json_encode($b), "\n";
echo "Empty array output as object: ", json_encode($b, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT), "\n\n";
$c = array(array(1,2,3));
echo "Non-associative array output as array: ", json_encode($c), "\n";
echo "Non-associative array output as object: ", json_encode($c, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT), "\n\n";
$d = array('foo' => 'bar', 'baz' => 'long');
echo "Associative array always output as object: ", json_encode($d), "\n";
echo "Associative array always output as object: ", json_encode($d, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT), "\n\n";
?>
]]>
&example.outputs;
","'bar'","\"baz\"","&blong&","\u00e9"]
Tags: ["\u003Cfoo\u003E","'bar'","\"baz\"","&blong&","\u00e9"]
Apos: ["","\u0027bar\u0027","\"baz\"","&blong&","\u00e9"]
Quot: ["","'bar'","\u0022baz\u0022","&blong&","\u00e9"]
Amp: ["","'bar'","\"baz\"","\u0026blong\u0026","\u00e9"]
Unicode: ["","'bar'","\"baz\"","&blong&","é"]
All: ["\u003Cfoo\u003E","\u0027bar\u0027","\u0022baz\u0022","\u0026blong\u0026","é"]
Empty array output as array: []
Empty array output as object: {}
Non-associative array output as array: [[1,2,3]]
Non-associative array output as object: {"0":{"0":1,"1":2,"2":3}}
Associative array always output as object: {"foo":"bar","baz":"long"}
Associative array always output as object: {"foo":"bar","baz":"long"}
]]>
Sequential versus non-sequential array example
"foo", 2=>"bar", 3=>"baz", 4=>"blong");
var_dump(
$nonsequential,
json_encode($nonsequential)
);
echo PHP_EOL."Sequential array with one key unset".PHP_EOL;
unset($sequential[1]);
var_dump(
$sequential,
json_encode($sequential)
);
?>
]]>
&example.outputs;
string(3) "foo"
[1]=>
string(3) "bar"
[2]=>
string(3) "baz"
[3]=>
string(5) "blong"
}
string(27) "["foo","bar","baz","blong"]"
Non-sequential array
array(4) {
[1]=>
string(3) "foo"
[2]=>
string(3) "bar"
[3]=>
string(3) "baz"
[4]=>
string(5) "blong"
}
string(43) "{"1":"foo","2":"bar","3":"baz","4":"blong"}"
Sequential array with one key unset
array(3) {
[0]=>
string(3) "foo"
[2]=>
string(3) "baz"
[3]=>
string(5) "blong"
}
string(33) "{"0":"foo","2":"baz","3":"blong"}"
]]>
&reftitle.notes;
In the event of a failure to encode, json_last_error
can be used to determine the exact nature of the error.
When encoding an array, if the keys are not a continuous numeric
sequence starting from 0, all keys are encoded as strings, and
specified explicitly for each key-value pair.
&reftitle.seealso;
json_decode
json_last_error