json_encode

Example

Example 1

How to encode an associative array into a JSON object:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$age</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token keyword">array</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Bill"</span> <span class="token operator">=></span> <span class="token number">35</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Elon"</span> <span class="token operator">=></span> <span class="token number">37</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Steve"</span> <span class="token operator">=></span> <span class="token number">43</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">json_encode</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$age</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

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Example 2

How to encode an index array into a JSON array:

 <span class="token php language-php"><span class="token delimiter important"><?php</span>
<span class="token variable">$cars</span> <span class="token operator">=</span> <span class="token keyword">array</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Volvo"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"BMW"</span> <span class="token punctuation">,</span> <span class="token string double-quoted-string">"Toyota"</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>

<span class="token keyword">echo</span> <span class="token function">json_encode</span> <span class="token punctuation">(</span> <span class="token variable">$cars</span> <span class="token punctuation">)</span> <span class="token punctuation">;</span>
<span class="token delimiter important">?></span></span>

Run the instance