return json form core php code example

Example 1: php response json

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

Example 2: 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));
?>