php-doc-en/reference/json/functions/json-decode.xml
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<refentry xml:id="function.json-decode" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook">
<refnamediv>
<refname>json_decode</refname>
<refpurpose>Decodes a JSON string</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis>
<type>mixed</type><methodname>json_decode</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>json</parameter></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>bool</type><parameter>assoc</parameter><initializer>false</initializer></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>depth</parameter><initializer>512</initializer></methodparam>
<methodparam choice="opt"><type>int</type><parameter>options</parameter><initializer>0</initializer></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Takes a JSON encoded string and converts it into a PHP variable.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>json</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
The <parameter>json</parameter> <type>string</type> being decoded.
</para>
<para>
This function only works with UTF-8 encoded data.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>assoc</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
When &true;, returned <type>object</type>s will be converted into
associative <type>array</type>s.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>depth</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
User specified recursion depth.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>options</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Bitmask of JSON decode options. Currently only
<constant>JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING</constant>
is supported (default is to cast large integers as floats)
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns the value encoded in <parameter>json</parameter> in appropriate
PHP type. Values <literal>true</literal>, <literal>false</literal> and
<literal>null</literal> (case-insensitive) are returned as &true;, &false;
and &null; respectively. &null; is returned if the
<parameter>json</parameter> cannot be decoded or if the encoded
data is deeper than the recursion limit.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><function>json_decode</function> examples</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$json = '{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5}';
var_dump(json_decode($json));
var_dump(json_decode($json, true));
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
object(stdClass)#1 (5) {
["a"] => int(1)
["b"] => int(2)
["c"] => int(3)
["d"] => int(4)
["e"] => int(5)
}
array(5) {
["a"] => int(1)
["b"] => int(2)
["c"] => int(3)
["d"] => int(4)
["e"] => int(5)
}
]]>
</screen>
</example>
<example>
<title>Accessing invalid object properties</title>
<simpara>
Accessing elements within an object that contain characters not
permitted under PHP's naming convention (e.g. the hyphen) can be
accomplished by encapsulating the element name within braces and the apostrophe.
</simpara>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$json = '{"foo-bar": 12345}';
$obj = json_decode($json);
print $obj->{'foo-bar'}; // 12345
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
<example>
<title>common mistakes using <function>json_decode</function></title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// the following strings are valid JavaScript but not valid JSON
// the name and value must be enclosed in double quotes
// single quotes are not valid
$bad_json = "{ 'bar': 'baz' }";
json_decode($bad_json); // null
// the name must be enclosed in double quotes
$bad_json = '{ bar: "baz" }';
json_decode($bad_json); // null
// trailing commas are not allowed
$bad_json = '{ bar: "baz", }';
json_decode($bad_json); // null
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
<example>
<title><parameter>depth</parameter> errors</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// Encode the data.
$json = json_encode(
array(
1 => array(
'English' => array(
'One',
'January'
),
'French' => array(
'Une',
'Janvier'
)
)
)
);
// Define the errors.
$constants = get_defined_constants(true);
$json_errors = array();
foreach ($constants["json"] as $name => $value) {
if (!strncmp($name, "JSON_ERROR_", 11)) {
$json_errors[$value] = $name;
}
}
// Show the errors for different depths.
foreach (range(4, 3, -1) as $depth) {
var_dump(json_decode($json, true, $depth));
echo 'Last error: ', $json_errors[json_last_error()], PHP_EOL, PHP_EOL;
}
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
array(1) {
[1]=>
array(2) {
["English"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(3) "One"
[1]=>
string(7) "January"
}
["French"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(3) "Une"
[1]=>
string(7) "Janvier"
}
}
}
Last error: JSON_ERROR_NONE
NULL
Last error: JSON_ERROR_DEPTH
]]>
</screen>
</example>
<example>
<title><function>json_decode</function> of large integers</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$json = '12345678901234567890';
var_dump(json_decode($json));
var_dump(json_decode($json, false, 512, JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING));
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen>
<![CDATA[
float(1.2345678901235E+19)
string(20) "12345678901234567890"
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="notes">
&reftitle.notes;
<note>
<para>
The JSON spec is not JavaScript, but a subset of JavaScript.
</para>
</note>
<note>
<para>
In the event of a failure to decode, <function>json_last_error</function>
can be used to determine the exact nature of the error.
</para>
</note>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="changelog">
&reftitle.changelog;
<para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>&Version;</entry>
<entry>&Description;</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>5.4.0</entry>
<entry>
The <parameter>options</parameter> parameter was added.
</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>5.3.0</entry>
<entry>Added the optional <parameter>depth</parameter>. The default recursion depth was increased from 128 to 512</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>5.2.3</entry>
<entry>The nesting limit was increased from 20 to 128</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><function>json_encode</function></member>
<member><function>json_last_error</function></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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