How to create a JSON object
Although the other answers posted here work, I find the following approach more natural:
$obj = (object) [
'aString' => 'some string',
'anArray' => [ 1, 2, 3 ]
];
echo json_encode($obj);
Usually, you would do something like this:
$post_data = json_encode(array('item' => $post_data));
But, as it seems you want the output to be with "{}
", you better make sure to force json_encode()
to encode as object, by passing the JSON_FORCE_OBJECT
constant.
$post_data = json_encode(array('item' => $post_data), JSON_FORCE_OBJECT);
"{}
" brackets specify an object and "[]
" are used for arrays according to JSON specification.
You just need another layer in your php array:
$post_data = array(
'item' => array(
'item_type_id' => $item_type,
'string_key' => $string_key,
'string_value' => $string_value,
'string_extra' => $string_extra,
'is_public' => $public,
'is_public_for_contacts' => $public_contacts
)
);
echo json_encode($post_data);