php return data as json code example

Example 1: php response json

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

Example 2: php json_decode

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

$person = json_decode($personJSON);

echo $person->name; // Johny Carson

Example 3: php return json

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

Example 4: php return json data

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

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