json data 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 json_decode

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

$person = json_decode($personJSON);

echo $person->name; // Johny Carson

Example 3: access json with php

<?php

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

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

Example 4: how to receive json data in php

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

Example 5: php return json data

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

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

Example 6: how to get data from json array in php

$data = json_decode($json);