how to return json object 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 access json object

<?php
  // JSON string
  $someJSON = '[{"name":"Jonathan Suh","gender":"male"},{"name":"William Philbin","gender":"male"},{"name":"Allison McKinnery","gender":"female"}]';

  // Convert JSON string to Object
  $someObject = json_decode($someJSON);
  echo $someObject[0]->name; // Access Object data
?>

Example 3: convert text file to json php

<?php
  header('Content-type: application/json');
  echo json_encode( explode("\r\n",file_get_contents('data.txt')) );
?>

Example 4: return json in php

//code igniter
$query="qry";
$query = $this->db->query($query);
$res=$query->result();
return json_encode($res);