json encode and decode in php code example

Example 1: php json_decode

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

$person = json_decode($personJSON);

echo $person->name; // Johny Carson

Example 2: php decode json file

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

Example 3: php json encode

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

Example 4: php decode json object

<?php

$json = '{"firstName":"Peter","lastName:":"Silva","age":23}';

$personInfo = json_decode(json);

echo $personInfo->age;

?>