How does PHP operate json? Method introduction

This article will introduce to you how to operate json in PHP, as well as some common errors of json_decode(). It has certain reference value. Friends in need can refer to it. I hope it will be helpful to everyone.

1. json_encode()

This function is mainly used to convert arrays and objects into json format. [Related recommendations: PHP Tutorial]

First look at an example of array conversion:

$arr = array ('a'=>1,'b'=>2,'c'=>3,'d'=>4,'e'=>5);
 echo json_encode($arr);
//　结果为
{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5}

Then look at an example of object conversion:

$obj->body = 'another post';

$obj->id = 21;

$obj->approved = true;

$obj->favorite_count = 1;

$obj->status = NULL;

echo json_encode($obj);

　//　结果为

{
"body":"another post",

"id":21,

"approved":true,

"favorite_count":1,

"status":null
　　}

Since json only accepts utf-8 encoded characters, the parameters of json_encode() must be utf-8 encoded, otherwise you will get empty characters or null. When Chinese uses GB2312 encoding, or foreign languages ​​use ISO-8859-1 encoding, special attention should be paid to this point.

2. Indexed arrays and associative arrays

PHP supports two types of arrays, one is an indexed array that only stores "value" (value) array), and the other is an associative array that stores name/value pairs.

Since JavaScript does not support associative arrays, json_encode() only converts indexed arrays to array format, and converts associative arrays to object format.

For example, there is now an index array

$arr = Array('one'， 'two'， 'three');
echo json_encode($arr);

The result is:

["one"，"two"，"three"]

If you change it to an associative array:

$arr = Array('1'=>'one'， '2'=>'two'， '3'=>'three');
echo json_encode($arr);

The result changes:

 {"1":"one"，"2":"two"，"3":"three"}

Note that the data format has changed from "[]" (array) to "{}" (object).

If you need to force "index array" into "object", you can write like this

json_encode( (object)$arr );

or

json_encode ( $arr, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT );

3. Class conversion

The following is a PHP class:

class Foo {

const ERROR_CODE = '404';

public $public_ex = 'this is public';

private $private_ex = 'this is private!';

protected $protected_ex = 'this should be protected';

public function getErrorCode() {

return self::ERROR_CODE;

}

}

Now, perform json conversion on the instance of this class:

$foo = new Foo;

$foo_json = json_encode($foo);

echo $foo_json;

The output result is

{"public_ex":"this is public"}

You can see that except for public variables (public), other things (constants, private variables, methods, etc.) are missing.

4. json_decode()

This function is used to convert json text into the corresponding PHP data structure. Here is an example:

$json = '{"foo": 12345}';

$obj = json_decode($json);

print $obj->{'foo'}; // 12345

Normally, json_decode() always returns a PHP object, not an array. For example:

$json = '{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5}';

var_dump(json_decode($json));

The result is to generate a PHP object:

object(stdClass)#1 (5) {

["a"] => int(1)
　　　　["b"] => int(2)
　　　　["c"] => int(3)
　　　　["d"] => int(4)
　　　　["e"] => int(5)

}

If you want to force the generation of a PHP associative array, json_decode() needs to add a parameter true:

$json = '{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5}';

var_dump(json_decode($json,true));

The result is An associative array is generated:

array(5) {

["a"] => int(1)
　　 　　["b"] => int(2)
　　 　　["c"] => int(3)
　　 　　["d"] => int(4)
　　 　　["e"] => int(5)

}

5. Common errors of json_decode()

The following three ways of writing json are all wrong. Can you see where the mistake is? ?

$bad_json = "{ 'bar': 'baz' }";

$bad_json = '{ bar: "baz" }';

$bad_json = '{ "bar": "baz"， }';

Executing json_decode() on these three strings will return null and report an error.

The first error is that the json delimiter only allows the use of double quotes, not single quotes. The second mistake is that the "name" (the part to the left of the colon) of the json name-value pair must use double quotes in any case. The third error is that you cannot add a trailing comma after the last value.

In addition, json can only be used to represent objects and arrays. If json_decode() is used on a string or value, null will be returned.

var_dump(json_decode("Hello World")); //null

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