php send json response code example

Example 1: php change header to json

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

Example 2: php return json

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

Example 3: how to receive json data in php

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

Example 4: php return json data

header('Content-Type: application/json'); 

$colors = array("red","blue","green");
echo json_encode($colors);

Example 5: how to make a json request in php

<?php
$jsonurl = "http://api.wipmania.com/json";
$json = file_get_contents($jsonurl);
var_dump(json_decode($json));
?>