array to json string php code example

Example 1: php convert array to json object

$myArr = array("apple", "banana", "mango", "jackfruit");

$toJSON = json_encode($myArr);

echo $toJSON;

Example 2: 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 3: php json encode

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

Example 4: json_encode json_decode php examples

json_encode used when PHP retrieve data and convert Array() to [] !!!!
$arr = array('a' => 1, 'b' => 2, 'c' => 3, 'd' => 4, 'e' => 5);
echo json_encode($arr);
//output
{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5}
access from js file data.a, data.b,data.c...
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  $json = '{"a":1,"b":2,"c":3,"d":4,"e":5}';
json_decode($json, true); //true turns object to associative array;

//output
array(5) {
    ["a"] => int(1)
    ["b"] => int(2)
    ["c"] => int(3)
    ["d"] => int(4)
    ["e"] => int(5)
}

Example 5: php convert array to json

{} = json_encode([]);