Usage of Zend\Json
involves using the two public static methods available: Zend\Json\Json::encode()
and Zend\Json\Json::decode()
.
// Retrieve a value:
$phpNative = Zend\Json\Json::decode($encodedValue);
// Encode it to return to the client:
$json = Zend\Json\Json::encode($phpNative);
Sometimes, it may be hard to explore JSON data generated by Zend\Json\Json::encode()
, since it has no spacing or indentation. In order to make it easier, Zend\Json\Json
allows you to pretty-print JSON data in the human-readable format with Zend\Json\Json::prettyPrint()
.
// Encode it to return to the client:
$json = Zend\Json\Json::encode($phpNative);
if ($debug) {
echo Zend\Json\Json::prettyPrint($json, array("indent" => " "));
}
Second optional argument of Zend\Json\Json::prettyPrint()
is an option array. Option indent
allows to set indentation string - by default it's a single tab character.