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PHP

Aaron Agostini
Aaron Agostini
6,285 Points
Posted by Aaron Agostini
Aaron Agostini
6,285 Points

JSON_ENCODE?

I'm working with a Javascript library called Highcharts, which recommends using json_encode to pull their options structure into PHP. Is there a particular lesson here at Treehouse that might shed some more light on json_encode? I'm working my way through the PHP track right now, and I wasn't sure if it was coming up in the javascript seciton.

1 Answer

Simon Klit
Simon Klit
1,686 Points
Simon Klit
Simon Klit
1,686 Points

What exactly do you need to know?

json_encode is a native PHP function that was added in 5.2.0. It accepts any type of UTF-8 encoded input except for resources (http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.resource.php), and encodes it to JSON.

It has a very simple syntax. Here is an example using an array:

<?php
$arr = array("foo" => "bar", "hello" => "world");
echo json_encode($arr);
?>

Which outputs:

{"foo":"bar","hello":"world"}

Likewise, you can use json_decode to convert some JSON to a PHP variable.

More information regarding the "options" and "depth" arguments that the function also accepts, can be found here: http://php.net/manual/en/function.json-encode.php