json in php code example

Example 1: json php

//Json Encode

$person = array( 
    "name" => "KINGASV", 
    "title" => "CTO"
); 
$personJSON=json_encode($person);//returns JSON string

//Json Decode

$personJSON = '{"name":"KINGASV","title":"CTO"}';

$person = json_decode($personJSON);

echo $person->name; // KINGASV

Example 2: php response json

<?PHP
$data = /** whatever you're serializing **/;
header('Content-Type: application/json');
echo json_encode($data);

Example 3: php decode json file

$json = json_decode(file_get_contents('/path/to/your/file.json'));

Example 4: php return json

header('Content-type: application/json');
echo json_encode($array);

Example 5: access json with php

<?php

$data = '{
	"name": "Aragorn",
	"race": "Human"
}';

$character = json_decode($data);
echo $character->name;

Example 6: how to receive json data in php

$data = json_decode(file_get_contents('php://input'), true);
print_r($data);
echo $data;