Group B
Assignment No: 13
Class: T.E. Computer Roll No:
Aim: Encode and Decode JSON Objects using PHP
Objective:
1. To learn and understand JSON.
2. To implement encode & decode JSON objects using PHP.
Hardware requirements:
Any CPU with Pentium Processor or similar, 256 MB
RAM or more, 1 GB Hard Disk or more.
Software requirements:
Ubuntu 14.04 or Windows 7, PHP5.2, Any Javascript enabled browser.
Theory:
This assignment covers how to encode and decode JSON objects
using PHP programming language.
Environment
As of PHP 5.2.0, the JSON extension is bundled and compiled into PHP by
default.
JSON Functions
Function Libraries
json_encode Returns the JSON representation of a value.
json_decode Decodes a JSON string.
json_last_error Returns the last error occurred.
Encoding JSON in PHP (json_encode)
PHP json_encode() function is used for encoding JSON in PHP. This function
returns the JSON representation of a value on success or FALSE on failure.
Syntax
string json_encode ( $value [, $options = 0 ] )
Parameters
value − The value being encoded. This function only works with UTF-8 encoded
data.
options − This optional value is a bitmask consisting of JSON_HEX_QUOT,
JSON_HEX_TAG, JSON_HEX_AMP, JSON_HEX_APOS, JSON_NUMERIC_CHECK,
JSON_PRETTY_PRINT, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES, JSON_FORCE_OBJECT.
Example
The following example shows how to convert an array into JSON with PHP −
<?php
$arr = array('a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3, 'd' => 4, 'e' => 5);
echo json_encode($arr);
?>
While executing, this will produce the following result −
{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5}
The following example shows how the PHP objects can be converted into JSON
−
<?php
class Emp {
public $name = "";
public $hobbies = "";
public $birthdate = "";
}
$e = new Emp();
$e->name = "sachin";
$e->hobbies = "sports";
$e->birthdate = date('m/d/Y h:i:s a', "8/5/1974 12:20:03 p");
$e->birthdate = date('m/d/Y h:i:s a', strtotime("8/5/1974 12:20:03"));
echo json_encode($e);
?>
While executing, this will produce the following result −
{"name":"sachin","hobbies":"sports","birthdate":"08\/05\/1974 12:20:03 pm"}
Decoding JSON in PHP (json_decode)
PHP json_decode() function is used for decoding JSON in PHP. This function
returns the value decoded from json to appropriate PHP type.
Syntax
mixed json_decode ($json [,$assoc = false [, $depth = 512 [, $options = 0 ]]])
Paramaters
json_string − It is an encoded string which must be UTF-8 encoded data.
assoc − It is a boolean type parameter, when set to TRUE, returned objects will
be converted into associative arrays.
depth − It is an integer type parameter which specifies recursion depth
options − It is an integer type bitmask of JSON decode,
JSON_BIGINT_AS_STRING is supported.
Example
The following example shows how PHP can be used to decode JSON objects −
<?php
$json = '{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5}';
var_dump(json_decode($json));
var_dump(json_decode($json, true));
?>
While executing, it will produce the following result −
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)
}
Conclusion: Thus we learnt and successfully implemented encoding d& decoding of php
string , objects into JSON format and viceversa.
